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1 Chronicles 14:16
So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records David’s immediate compliance after God instructed him to advance upon hearing the marching sound in the balsam trees. This moment closes the battle sequence and precedes the report of David’s spreading fame.
The words — וַיַּ֣עַשׂ (va.ya'as) translates literally as "and he did," while צִוָּ֥הוּ (tzi.vahhu) means "he had commanded him." These verbs frame the narrative around precise execution of a divine directive.
The thread — The text’s obedience pattern appears in Genesis 6:22 with Noah and is referenced in John 13:17 and John 15:14 regarding the blessing and friendship that follow doing what is commanded.
Why it lands — The verse states that David carried out God’s strategy and routed the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. It requires the reader to note that tangible outcomes in the narrative follow direct alignment with explicit instruction.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
Cross-references
- John 13:17 If you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
- John 15:14 You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Genesis 6:22 So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- Exodus 39:42 The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
- Joshua 16:10 But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.
- 2 Samuel 5:25 So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- 1 Chronicles 6:67 They were given Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, and Gezer,
- John 2:5 His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”