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2 Samuel 5:21

David

19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

20 So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.

There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

23 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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BSB
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
KJV
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
WEB
They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
ASV
And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
DARBY
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
BLB
And there they left their images, and David and his men carried them away.
ÅB
Der lot de etter seg sine avgudsbilder, og David og hans menn tok dem med seg.
OTB
Filisterne etterlot sine avguder der, så David og hans menn tok dem bort.
B1930
Der lot de efter sig sine avgudsbilleder, og David og hans menn tok dem med sig.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 14:11–12

    So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:5

    Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their idols in the fire.

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  • Jeremiah 43:12

    I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his garment, and he will depart from there unscathed.

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  • Deuteronomy 7:25

    You must burn up the images of their gods; do not covet the silver and gold that is on them or take it for yourselves, or you will be ensnared by it; for it is detestable to the LORD your God.

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  • 1 Samuel 5:2–6

    carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.

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  • Isaiah 46:1–2

    Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.

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  • Isaiah 37:19

    They have cast their gods into the fire and destroyed them, for they were not gods, but only wood and stone—the work of human hands.

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