2 Samuel 5:23 TSK: When David asked the LORD about it, he said, "Don't attack them directly. Instead, go around to the rear and attack them opposite those balsam trees.

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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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2 Samuel 5:19
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."

fetch

Joshua 8:2, 7
And you shall do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king, except that you may carry off their plunder and livestock for yourselves. Set an ambush behind the city." . . .

1 Chronicles 14:14
So David again inquired of God, who answered him, "Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

Matthew 9:29, 30
Then He touched their eyes and said, "According to your faith will it be done to you." . . .

Matthew 8:23-25
When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him. . . .

John 9:6, 7
When Jesus had said this, He spat on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man's eyes. . . .

the mulberry trees.

1 Chronicles 14:14, 15
So David again inquired of God, who answered him, "Do not march up after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees. . . .

Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible
When David inquired of the LORD, He said, "You shall not go directly up; circle around behind them and come at them in front of the balsam trees.

King James Bible
And when David inquired 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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So David inquired of the LORD, and He answered, "Do not make a frontal assault. Circle around behind them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

International Standard Version
When David asked the LORD about it, he said, "Don't attack them directly. Instead, go around to the rear and attack them opposite those balsam trees.

NET Bible
So David asked the LORD what he should do. This time the LORD said to him, "Don't march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees.

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