Compare 2 Samuel 5:11, the only important variations from which are in
1 Chronicles 14:4, 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.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]