1 Chronicles 14:12
As the soldiers of Philistia fled, they left their idols there. So David commanded his soldiers to burn those idols.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
In Context
13But soon the army of Philistia attacked the people in that valley again.
Cross References
Exodus 12:12On that night I will go through all the country of Egypt, and I will kill all the oldest males in Egypt, both humans and animals. By doing this I will show that all the gods in Egypt are worthless. I can do this, because I am Yahweh, the all-powerful God.
Deuteronomy 7:5This is what you must do to those people: Tear down their ◄altars/places for sacrificing animals►, break apart the stone pillars that are dedicated to their male god Baal, cut down the poles that they use when they worship the goddess Asherah, and burn their wooden idols.
1 Samuel 5:2They carried it into the temple of their god Dagon, and placed it alongside a statue of Dagon.
2 Kings 19:18And they have thrown the idols of those nations into fires and burned them. But that was not difficult to do, because they were not gods. They were only statues made of wood and stone, idols that were shaped by humans, and that is why they were destroyed easily.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 14:9-17
The Defeat of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1045.) 8 And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. 9 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 10 And David enquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11 So they came up to… Read the whole commentary →