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2 Samuel 5:23 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 5 · verse 23
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.2 Samuel 5:23 · King James Version
2 Samuel 5:23 in context
21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23And 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.
24And 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.
25And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- enquiredshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- compassçâbabto revolve, surround, or borderH5437 →
- againstmûwlproperly, abruptH4136 →
- behindʼacharproperly, the hind partH310 →
- DavidDâvidDavid, the youngest son of JesseH1732 →
- treesbâkâʼthe weeping treeH1057 →
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The particular service for which David was raised up was to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, Sa2 3:18. This therefore divine Providence, in the first place, gives him an opportunity of accomplishing.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-25