KJV King James Version
Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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1 Chronicles 14:14
Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David again inquired of God, who answered him, “Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
WEB World English Bible
David inquired again of God; and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.
ASV American Standard Version
And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and David asketh again of God, and God saith to him, ‘Do not go up after them, turn round from them, and thou hast come to them from over-against the mulberries;
Surrounding context — 1 Chronicles 14
11 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim.
12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.
13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.
14 Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, [that] then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.
17 And the fame of David went out into all lands; and the LORD brought the fear of him upon all nations.
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וַיִּשְׁאַ֨לH7592 · sha.alto askע֤וֹדH5750 · odstillדָּוִיד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidבֵּֽאלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodוַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimהָֽאֱלֹהִ֔יםH430 · e.lo.himGodלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotתַֽעֲלֶ֖הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseאַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֑םH310 · a.charafterהָסֵב֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnמֵֽעֲלֵיהֶ֔םH5921 · aluponוּבָ֥אתָH935 · boto come (in): comeלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemמִמּ֥וּלH4136 · muloppositeהַבְּכָאִֽים׃H1057 · ba.kahbalsam
Cross-references
Psalm 27:4One [thing] have I desired of the LORD, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the LORD, and to inquire in his temple.John 9:6-7When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,1 Chronicles 14:10And David inquired 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.Joshua 8:2-7And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it.
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