Bible study online

1 Chronicles 11:13

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

1 Chronicles 11:13

Verse 13 of 47

Scripture focus

He was with David at Pasdammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines.

1 Chronicles 11:13 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 11:13

Theological / Devotional

To battle. A more complete account of the incident appears in 2 Samuel 23:9-12; that is, if the writer is describing the same event.

Parcel of ground. If the parcel of ground here mentioned is that of 2 Samuel 23:11, it does not pertain to Pas-dammim, where David engaged in battle with the Philistines, but to a place not mentioned in this verse, namely, a plot of ground where Shammah had an encounter with the Philistines (see on 2 Samuel 23:11). The incompleteness of the narrative explains the absence of Shammah’s name from the list. It would appear that the encounter in question resulted from Shammah’s vigorous defense of a field from which the Philistines were endeavoring to carry away the crop.

By SdaBc