1 Chronicles 14:12

12 There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.

1 Chronicles 14:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 14:12

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 14:1).

1 Chronicles 14:12 In-Context

10 So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”

11 So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

12 There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire.

13 Once again the Philistines raided the valley.

14 So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.