King James Version
What Does 1 Chronicles 14:17 Mean?
“And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.”
Context
15
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.
16
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(17) **This verse is not in Samuel.** It looks like a concluding reflection of the chronicler’s, similar to 2Chronicles 17:10; 2Chronicles 20:29.
**The fame of David went out.**—*David’s name.* The same phrase recurs in 2Chronicles 26:15.
**All lands.**—*All the lands.* (Comp. Psalm 19:4.)
**And the Lord brought the fear of him upon all nations.**—Yet this fear was, as we should say, the natural effect of his victories. In the view of the chronicler, David’s success in arms, with all its consequences, was the work of Jehovah. The Hebrew phrase is similar to that in Esther 8:17.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers
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Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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