So David did what God commanded, and they struck down the Philistine army all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
Parallel translations
- WEB David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.
- KJV David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
- BSB So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
- NKJV So David did as God commanded him, and they drove back the army of the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.
- NASB David did just as God had commanded him, and they defeated the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even as far as Gezer.
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Quick answer
David obeyed God and routed the Philistines from Gibeon to Gezer. His careful obedience brought a sweeping victory.
Overview
David 'did as God commanded,' and the result was a decisive defeat of the Philistines across a wide stretch of territory. The emphasis on exact obedience, in contrast to the earlier error with the ark, is deliberate. When David follows God's instructions precisely, success follows. The lesson is plain: blessing flows from obedience to God's revealed will.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- John 13:17If you know these things, blessed are you if you do them.
- John 15:14You are my friends, if you do whatever I command you.
- Gen 6:22Thus Noah did. He did all that God commanded him.
- 2 Sam 5:25David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
- John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Whatever he says to you, do it.”
- Exod 39:42–43According to all that Yahweh commanded Moses, so the children of Israel did all the work.
- 1 Chr 6:67They gave to them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim with its suburbs; Gezer also with its suburbs,
- Josh 16:10They didn’t drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer; but the Canaanites dwell in the territory of Ephraim to this day, and have become servants to do forced labor.
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