The Meaning of 1 Chronicles 14:9 Explained

1 Chronicles 14:9

KJV: And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

YLT: And the Philistines have come, and rush into the valley of Rephaim,

Darby: And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

ASV: Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And the Philistines  came  and spread  themselves in the valley  of Rephaim. 

What does 1 Chronicles 14:9 Mean?

Chapter Summary: 1 Chronicles 14

1  Hiram's kindness to David
2  David's fortune in people, wives, and children
8  His two victories against the Philistines

What do the individual words in 1 Chronicles 14:9 mean?

And the Philistines went and made a raid on the Valley of the Rephaites
וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים  And  the  Philistines 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: פְּלִשְׁתִּי  
Sense: an inhabitant of Philistia; descendants of Mizraim who immigrated from Caphtor (Crete?) to the western seacoast of Canaan.
בָּ֑אוּ  went 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person common plural
Root: בֹּוא 
Sense: to go in, enter, come, go, come in.
וַֽיִּפְשְׁט֖וּ  and  made  a  raid 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Consecutive imperfect, third person masculine plural
Root: פָּשַׁט  
Sense: to strip, invade, strip off, make a dash, raid, spread out.
בְּעֵ֥מֶק  on  the  Valley 
Parse: Preposition-b, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: עֵמֶק  
Sense: valley, vale, lowland, open country.
רְפָאִֽים  of  the  Rephaites 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine plural
Root: רְפָאִים 
Sense: giants, Rephaim.