1 Chronicles 11:15
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Chronicles 11:15 in other translations
| BSB | Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim. |
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| WEB | Three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
| ASV | And three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines were encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
| YLT | And three of the thirty heads go down on the rock unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the host of the Philistines is encamping in the valley of Rephaim, |
| DARBY | And three of the thirty chiefs went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam, when the army of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
| BBE | And three of the thirty went down to David, to the rock, into the strong place of Adullam; and the army of the Philistines had taken up their position in the valley of Rephaim. |
| Webster | Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim. |
What does 1 Chronicles 11:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Chronicles 11:15-19
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 11:10-47
An account is given of David's worthies, the great men who served him. Yet David reckoned his success, not as from the mighty men that were with him, but from the mighty God, whose presence is all in all. In strengthening him, they strengthened themselves and their own interest, for his advancement was theirs. We shall gain by what we do in our places for the support of the kingdom of the Son of David; and those…
1 Chronicles 11:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 11:15
- 2 Samuel 5:18
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 17:5
And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.
- Joshua 12:15
The king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
- 1 Samuel 22:1
David therefore departed thence, and escaped to the cave Adullam: and when his brethren and all his father’s house heard it, they went down thither to him.
- Micah 1:15
Yet will I bring an heir unto thee, O inhabitant of Mareshah: he shall come unto Adullam the glory of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 5:22
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 23:13-39
And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim. And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth–lehem. And David longed, and said, Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Beth–lehem, which is by the gate! And the three mighty men brake through the host of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Beth–lehem, that was by the gate, and took it, and brought it to David: nevertheless he would not drink thereof, but poured it out unto the Lord. …
- Joshua 15:8
And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:
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Context
- 1 Chronicles 11:14
And they set themselves in the midst of that parcel, and delivered it, and slew the Philistines; and the Lord saved them by a great deliverance.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:16
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines’ garrison was then at Beth–lehem.
1 Chronicles 11:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y tres de los treinta principales descendieron á la peña á David, á la cueva de Adullam, estando el campo de los Filisteos en el valle de Raphaim. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et trois des trente chefs descendirent au rocher, vers David, dans la caverne d’Adullam, comme l’armée des Philistins était campée dans la vallée des Rephaïm. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und drei von den dreißig Häuptern ging zu dem Felsen hinab zu David, in die Höhle Adullam; und das Heer der Philister lagerte im Tale Rephaim. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Descenderunt autem tres de triginta principibus ad petram, in qua erat David, ad speluncam Odollam, quando Philisthiim fuerant castrametati in valle Raphaim. |