KJV King James Version
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.
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2 Samuel 5:23
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.
WEB World English Bible
When David inquired of Yahweh, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them over against the mulberry trees.
ASV American Standard Version
And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, ‘Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,
Surrounding context — 2 Samuel 5
20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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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וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לH7592 · sha.alto askדָּוִד֙H1732 · da.vidDavidבַּֽיהוָ֔הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDוַיֹּ֖אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayלֹ֣אH3808 · lonotתַעֲלֶ֑הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseהָסֵב֙H5437 · sa.vavto turn: turnאֶל־H413 · elto(wards)אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔םH310 · a.charafterוּבָ֥אתָH935 · boto come (in): comeלָהֶ֖םH9038 · hemthemמִמּ֥וּלH4136 · muloppositeבְּכָאִֽים׃H1057 · ba.kahbalsam
Cross-references
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,Matthew 9:29-30Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.Matthew 8:23-25And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.1 Chronicles 14:14Therefore 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.Joshua 8:2And 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.Joshua 8:7Then ye shall rise up from the ambush, and seize upon the city: for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
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