2 Samuel 5:23
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And when David enquired 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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 2 Samuel 5:23 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Joshua 8:2And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set up an ambush behind the city.”
- Joshua 8:7you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.
- 2 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 14:14So 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.
- Matthew 8:23When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.
- Matthew 9:29Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
- John 9:6When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.
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