Devine Scripture

2 Samuel 5:23

2 Samuel chapter 5 · verse 23 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

v.23This passage

v.24And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:14

    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.

  • Joshua 8:7

    and ye shall rise up from the ambush, and take possession of the city: for Jehovah your God will deliver it into your hand.

  • Joshua 8:2

    and 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: set thee an ambush for the city behind it.

  • Matthew 8:23

    And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him.

  • John 9:6

    When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and anointed his eyes with the clay,

  • Matthew 9:29

    Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you.