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2 Samuel 5:23 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" When David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees. "

2 Samuel 5:23

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21 They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

22 The Philistines came up yet again and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

23 When David inquired of the LORD, he said, “You shall not go up. Circle around behind them, and attack them in front of the mulberry trees.

24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then stir yourself up; for then the LORD has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

25 David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

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1 Chronicles 14:14

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"David inquired again of God; and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them opposite the mulberry trees."

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1 Samuel 23:4

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"Then David inquired of the LORD yet again. The LORD answered him, and said, “Arise, go down to Keilah; for I will deliver the Philistines into your hand.”"

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1 Chronicles 14:16

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"David did as God commanded him; and they attacked the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer."

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1 Samuel 30:8

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"David inquired of the LORD, saying, “If I pursue after this troop, will I overtake them?” He answered him, “Pursue, for you will surely overtake them, and will without fail recover all.”"

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Deuteronomy 1:42

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"The LORD said to me, “Tell them, ‘Don’t go up and don’t fight; for I am not among you, lest you be struck before your enemies.’”"

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Numbers 14:42

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"Don’t go up, for the LORD isn’t among you; that way you won’t be struck down before your enemies."

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2 Samuel 5:1

"Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Behold, we are your bone and your flesh."

2 Samuel 5:2

"In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was you who led Israel out and in. The LORD said to you, ‘You will be shepherd of my people Israel, and you will be prince over Israel.’”"

2 Samuel 5:3

"So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them in Hebron before the LORD; and they anointed David king over Israel."

2 Samuel 5:4

"David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years."

2 Samuel 5:5

"In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah."

2 Samuel 5:6

"The king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “The blind and the lame will keep you out of here,” thinking, “David can’t come in here.”"

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