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2 Samuel 5:25

DavidGebaGezer
ObedienceGuidance and decisions

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.

24 As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
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BSB
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
KJV
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
WEB
David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
ASV
And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.
DARBY
And David did so, as Jehovah had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gezer.
BLB
And David did so, as YHWH had commanded him, and he drove back the Philistines from Gibeon as far as your coming to Gazer.
ÅB
David gjorde slik som Herren hadde befalt ham; og han slo filistrene og forfulgte dem fra Geba til bortimot Geser.
[^1]: gjennombryteren.
OTB
Da gjorde David som Herren hadde befalt ham, og han slo og beseiret filisterne fra Geba så langt som til Geser.
B1930
David gjorde således som Herren hadde befalt ham; og han slo filistrene og forfulgte dem fra Geba til bortimot Geser.

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  • 1 Chronicles 14:16

    So David did as God had commanded him, and they struck down the army of the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

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  • Isaiah 28:21

    For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.

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  • Joshua 16:10

    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

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