1 Chronicles 14

Chapter 14

David’s Family Enlarged

^1aNow Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David with cedar trees, masons and carpenters, to build a house for him.

²And David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that his kingdom was highly exalted, for the sake of His people Israel.

³Then David took more wives at Jerusalem, and David ¹became the father of more sons and daughters.

^4aThese are the names of the children ¹born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon,

⁵Ibhar, Elishua, Elpelet,

⁶Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,

⁷Elishama, Beeliada and Eliphelet.

Philistines Defeated

⁸When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; and David heard of it and went out against them.

⁹Now the Philistines had come and ^amade a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

¹⁰David inquired of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You give them into my hand?” Then the Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will give them into your hand.”

¹¹So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David ¹defeated them there; and David said, “God has broken through my enemies by my hand, like the breakthrough of waters.” Therefore they named that place ²Baal-perazim.

¹²They abandoned their gods there; so David gave the order and they were burned with fire.

¹³The Philistines made ^ayet another raid in the valley.

¹⁴David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around ¹behind them and come at them in front of the ²balsam trees.

¹⁵“It shall be when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall go out to battle, for God will have gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

¹⁶David did just as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines from ¹Gibeon even as far as Gezer.

¹⁷Then the fame of David went out into all the lands; and ^athe Lord brought the fear of him on all the nations.