Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 14:17
And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
Verse 17. Into all lands] That is, all the surrounding or neighbouring lands and nations, for no others can possibly be intended.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Into all lands, i.e. into all the neighbouring countries.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
[See comments on 1Ch 14:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) This verse is not in Samuel. It looks like a concluding reflection of the chroniclers, similar to 2Ch. 17:10; 2Ch. 20:29.
The fame of David went out.Davids name. The same phrase recurs in 2Ch. 26:15.
All lands.All the lands. (Comp. Psa. 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, Davids success in arms, with all its consequences, was the work of Jehovah. The Hebrew phrase is similar to that in Est. 8:17.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 14:17. All lands The word kal, translated all, is to be rendered according to the subject to which it is applied; sometimes by all is meant only a great many, or the greatest part: sometimes it does not signify a whole, but only complete or perfect; and sometimes, only in a more restrained sense, sincere or well disposed. Hence Bishop Patrick in the present passage very justly limits the term to the neighbouring countries and people. See Noldius on .
REFLECTIONS.1st, The account of Hiram’s kindness and David’s family we had 2 Sam. ch. 1Ch 5:11. (1.) Like Hiram, we should not envy our neighbour’s prosperity, but rejoice in it, and wish to increase it. (2.) Like David, we should consider every temporal blessing that we possess, as lent us of the Lord, to be improved for his glory, and the good of mankind.
2nd, The Philistines’ invasions, and David’s victories we heard before. They give us, (1.) A comfortable emblem of the conquests which Jesus hath made for us of all our enemies. (2.) They admonish us of the restless enmity of the seed of the serpent against the children of God. (3.) They teach us, with David, to cry to God for direction in all our difficulties, and to ascribe to him the praise of all our mercies. (4.) David’s son and David’s Lord hath gotten him a greater name, by his victories over sin, and death, and hell: in him his people rejoice; before him his enemies tremble.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
REFLECTIONS
READER! learn from the view given us of David in this chapter, that the highest state of earthly glory, is neither secure from corruptions within, nor from fightings without. Even David hath fleshly lusts which war against the soul. And even David’s security under the blessing of the God of Israel, shall not exempt him from furious battles with the Philistines on every side. They that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution. Reader! if you be Christ’s, do not expect much ease, or uninterrupted enjoyment. But see to it, in all your conflicts, that you fight under the Lord’s banner. Remember what David saith, speaking of Jesus: In thy name shall they rejoice all the day, and in thy righteousness make their boast. Go forth, therefore, as he did, in the strength of the Lord, and make mention of his righteousness, even his righteousness only. And Reader! suffer me to add one thought more. As David waned for the sound of a going in the mulberry trees: so let you and I watch that still small voice, of God the Holy Ghost, which, like a voice from behind or within, saith, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right-hand, and when ye turn to the left, And to what is this direction pointed, but unto thee, thou blessed Jesus, for the Holy Ghost is unceasingly glorifying thee, for thou art the way, and the truth, and the life. In thee and thy finished salvation, we shall overcome and be more than conquerors through thy love, wherewith thou hast loved us.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
1Ch 14:17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
Ver. 17. And the Lord brought the fear of him. ] He grew terrible to his enemies. So did Hunniades, Scanderbeg, Charles V, &c., ita et parentes liberis plorantibus silentium non aliter imperarent quam horum praesentiam minitando: so that mothers stilled their children by these men’s names.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
all nations. Figure of speech Synecdoche (of Genus), App-6, put for nations in all parts of the world.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
fame of David: Jos 6:27, 2Ch 26:8, Psa 18:44
the fear of him: Exo 15:14-16, Deu 2:25, Deu 11:25, Jos 2:9-11, Jos 9:24
Reciprocal: Deu 28:10 – and they shall 1Ch 19:19 – would Est 9:4 – his fame Mat 4:24 – his fame