1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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I Chronicles 14:12

And they left there their gods, and David commanded that they should be burnt.

Burnt, conformably to Deuteronomy 7:25. These idols were commonly made of wood, and covered with plates of gold, etc. The Philistines took them along with them to battle, as the Hebrews carried the ark on many occasions. The Greeks, at the siege of Troy, had their gods on board their vessels; (Homer, Iliad ix.) and the Romans had theirs on their ensigns, in their wars.