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1 Chronicles 11:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
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Role in This Section
This verse closes the thought unit with its stated result or transition: “And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and….” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 11:10–14
Read 1 Chronicles 11:14 with 11:10–14. The selected wording supplies one closing in the thought unit with its stated result or transition; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
Why It Needs Context
1 Chronicles 11:14 depends on 11:10–14; isolating “And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and…” would detach a supporting name, action, quotation, number, object, or transition from “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field.”
Read 1 Chronicles 11:10–14 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 11:10–14 forms the complete movement “Warriors strengthen David and defend a field”: Jashobeam and Eleazar represent warriors who support David's kingdom, stand in a barley field, and receive a deliverance credited to the LORD.
Verse 10. 10 These also are the chief of the mighty men whom David had, who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom, and with all Israel, to make him king, according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel.
Verse 11. 11 And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had; Jashobeam, an Hachmonite, the chief of the captains: he lifted up his spear against three hundred slain by him at one time.
Verse 12. 12 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo, the Ahohite, who was one of the three mighties.
Verse 13. 13 He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.
Verse 14. 14 And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the LORD saved them by a great deliverance.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 11:10–14, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
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Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
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