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1 Chronicles 14:10 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 10. 10And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand.
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Quick Meaning
Records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 14:8–14:12
Records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack. Read 1 Chronicles 14:10 within 14:8–14:12. The complete unit records: David seeks divine direction, defeats the Philistines at Baal-perazim, and orders abandoned gods burned.
Why This Verse Appears Here
The account contrasts David's inquiry with Saul's closing failure and prepares a second battle requiring different instructions. In this exact position, the line beginning “And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and…” records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack.
Follow the Context
- David seeks divine direction, defeats the Philistines at Baal-perazim, and orders abandoned gods burned.
- The account contrasts David's inquiry with Saul's closing failure and prepares a second battle requiring different instructions.
Phrase-by-Phrase Explanation
“And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and…”
In plain language: Records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack.
The line beginning “And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and…” records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack.
Why it matters: The wording carries a material literary, historical, temple, royal-power, violence, ethnic, illness, gender, exile, reception, or misuse boundary.
How certain? probableWhat This Verse Is Not Saying
The victory does not authorize modern religious violence, destruction of neighbors' property, or claiming every military decision has direct divine guidance.
What Remains True
Records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack. This concrete detail supports a bounded truth: Accounts of conflict must name agents, victims, land, loss, and literary judgment without converting ancient war into a modern command or ethnic hostility.
How It Can Shape Life
- Because this verse records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack, keep it inside 14:8–14:12, compare its Samuel-Kings relationship honestly, protect affected people from coercion or stigma, and apply only the accountable principle the complete unit supports.
Teach It Back
Explain why 1 Chronicles 14:10 records David's first inquiry and a direct command to attack. Use 14:8–14:12, paraphrase “And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and…,” state one source or reconstruction limit, identify one person or group power can obscure, and reject one conclusion this verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 1 Chronicles 14:8–14:12 — David inquires before the first Philistine battleSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
1 Chronicles 14:10 remains within this thought-unit limit: The relation to 2 Samuel 5, place names, battle mechanism, and theological causation cannot be independently verified in every detail.
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 14:8–14:12, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 14:8–14:12
Open source ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
Supports: Unit-bounded translation comparisons and only those lexical, textual, grammatical, numerical, historical, and parallel-passage notes attached to these verses.
Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 14:8–14:12, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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