And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees.

enquired

2 Samuel 5:19 And David consulted the Lord, Saying: Shall I go up to the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And the Lord said to David: Go up, for I will surely deliver the Philistines into thy hand.

fetch

Joshua 8:2,7 And thou shalt do to the city of Hai, and to the king thereof, as thou hast done to Jericho, and to the king thereof: but the spoils, and all the cattle, you shall take for a prey to yourselves: lay an ambush for the city behind it. . . .

1 Chronicles 14:14 And David consulted God again, and God said to him: Go not up after them, turn away from them, and come upon them over against the pear trees.

Matthew 9:29,30 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you. . . .

Matthew 8:23-25 And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him: . . .

John 9:6,7 When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes, . . .

the mulberry trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14,15 And David consulted God again, and God said to him: Go not up after them, turn away from them, and come upon them over against the pear trees. . . .

; and so the Vulgate in both places has {pyrorum}. The Rabbins, however, believe {bacha} signifies the {mulberry-tree}; with whom Ursinus agrees. It more probably denotes a large shrub which the Arabs still call {baca}, from its {distilling} an odoriferous gum, from {bachah} to {distil}, as tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who quotes a passage from {Abulfadi}, who describes it as a balsam shrub, having long leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste. M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {baeca}, with leaves rather ovated??, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.