Text -- 1 Chronicles 14:13-17 (NET)

14:13 The Philistines again raided the valley. 14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. This time God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 14:15 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, then attack. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.” 14:16 David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer. 14:17 So David became famous in all the lands; the Lord caused all the nations to fear him.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 14:14

¹ tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

² tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

³ tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.

NET Notes: 1Ch 14:15

¹ tn Heb “go out in battle.”

² tn Heb “camp.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 14:17

¹ tn Heb “the name of David went out.”

² tn Heb “and the Lord placed fear of him upon all the nations.”