Lectionary Calendar
Monday, October 2nd, 2023
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
Bible Commentaries
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Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 14". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/bnb/1-chronicles-14.html. 1870.
Barnes, Albert. "Commentary on 1 Chronicles 14". "Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible". https://studylight.org/
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Verse 1
Compare 2 Samuel 5:11-25, the only important variations from which are in 1 Chronicles 14:4-7, the list of the sons of David (see 1 Chronicles 3:1 note), and in 1 Chronicles 14:12, where the fact is added that the idols taken from the Philistines were burned.
Verse 12
When they had left their gods there - The practice of carrying images of the gods to battle was common among the nations of antiquity, and arose from the belief that there was virtue in the images themselves, and that military success would be obtained by means of them.