KJV King James Version
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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2 Samuel 5:25
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
WEB World English Bible
David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gezer.
ASV American Standard Version
And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 5
22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; [but] fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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וַיַּ֤עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doדָּוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidכֵּ֔ןH3651 · kenrightכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichצִוָּ֖הוּH6680 · tsa.vahto commandיְהוָ֑הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיַּךְ֙H5221 · na.khahto smiteאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםH6430 · pe.lish.tiPhilistineמִגֶּ֖בַעH1387 · ge.vaGebaעַד־H5704 · adtillבֹּאֲךָ֥H935 · boto come (in): comeגָֽזֶר׃ פH1507 · ge.zerGezer
Cross-references
1 Chronicles 14:16David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.Joshua 16:10And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.Isaiah 28:21For the LORD shall rise up as [in] mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as [in] the valley of Gibeon, that he may do his work, his strange work; and bring to pass his act, his strange act.
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