King James Version
1 Chronicles 14:17 in the King James Version says “And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.” — study this verse from 1 Chronicles chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.”
1 Chronicles 14:17 · KJV
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“went out”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“And the fame”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“and the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“the fear”
H6343a (sudden) alarm (properly, the object feared, by implication, the feeling)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“of him upon all nations”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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