Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. New Living Translation The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them. English Standard Version And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away. Berean Standard Bible There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away. King James Bible And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. New King James Version And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away. New American Standard Bible And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away. NASB 1995 They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away. NASB 1977 And they abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away. Legacy Standard Bible And they forsook their idols there; so David and his men carried them away. Amplified Bible The Philistines abandoned their [pagan] idols there, so David and his men took them away [to be burned]. Christian Standard Bible The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. Holman Christian Standard Bible The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off. American Standard Version And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away. Contemporary English Version David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind. English Revised Version And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. GOD'S WORD® Translation The Philistines left their idols there, so David and his men carried the idols away. Good News Translation When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away. International Standard Version The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his army carried them off. Majority Standard Bible There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away. NET Bible The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up. New Heart English Bible And they abandoned their idols there; and David and his men took them away. Webster's Bible Translation And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. World English Bible They left their images there, and David and his men took them away. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd they forsake their idols there, and David and his men lift them up. Young's Literal Translation And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up. Smith's Literal Translation And they will leave there their images, and David and his men will take them away. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd they left there their idols: which David and his men took away. Catholic Public Domain Version And in that place they left behind their graven images, which David and his men took away. New American Bible The Philistines abandoned their gods there, and David and his men carried them away. New Revised Standard Version The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd they left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And they left their idols there, and David and his men picked them up OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away. Brenton Septuagint Translation And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Two Victories over the Philistines…20So 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. 21There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away. 22Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.… Cross References 1 Chronicles 14:12 There the Philistines abandoned their gods, and David ordered that they be burned in the fire. Exodus 32:20 Then he took the calf they had made, burned it in the fire, ground it to powder, and scattered the powder over the face of the water. Then he forced the Israelites to drink it. 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. 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. 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. / The gods cower; they crouch together, unable to relieve the burden; but they themselves go into captivity. 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. Jeremiah 10:3-5 For the customs of the peoples are worthless; they cut down a tree from the forest; it is shaped with a chisel by the hands of a craftsman. / They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter. / Like scarecrows in a cucumber patch, their idols cannot speak. They must be carried because they cannot walk. Do not fear them, for they can do no harm, and neither can they do any good.” Jeremiah 51:44 I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall. 1 Samuel 5:2-4 carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue. / When the people of Ashdod got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD. So they took Dagon and returned him to his place. / But when they got up early the next morning, there was Dagon, fallen on his face before the ark of the LORD, with his head and his hands broken off and lying on the threshold. Only the torso remained. 1 Samuel 7:3-4 Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.” / So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD. 1 Kings 15:12-13 He banished the male shrine prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. / He also removed his grandmother Maacah from her position as queen mother because she had made a detestable Asherah pole. Asa chopped down the pole and burned it in the Kidron Valley. 2 Kings 23:4-6 Then the king commanded Hilkiah the high priest, the priests second in rank, and the doorkeepers to remove from the temple of the LORD all the articles made for Baal, Asherah, and all the host of heaven. And he burned them outside Jerusalem in the fields of Kidron and carried their ashes to Bethel. / Josiah also did away with the idolatrous priests ordained by the kings of Judah to burn incense on the high places of the cities of Judah and in the places all around Jerusalem—those who had burned incense to Baal, to the sun and moon, to the constellations, and to all the host of heaven. / He brought the Asherah pole from the house of the LORD to the Kidron Valley outside Jerusalem, and there he burned it, ground it to powder, and threw its dust on the graves of the common people. Psalm 115:4-8 Their idols are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; they have noses, but cannot smell; ... Psalm 135:15-18 The idols of the nations are silver and gold, made by the hands of men. / They have mouths, but cannot speak; they have eyes, but cannot see; / they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths. ... Acts 19:19 And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books and burned them in front of everyone. When the value of the books was calculated, the total came to fifty thousand drachmas. Treasury of Scripture And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. David Deuteronomy 7:5,25 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire… 1 Samuel 5:2-6 When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon… 1 Chronicles 14:11,12 So they came up to Baalperazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baalperazim… burned them. Isaiah 46:1,2 Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth, their idols were upon the beasts, and upon the cattle: your carriages were heavy loaden; they are a burden to the weary beast… Jeremiah 43:12 And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace. Jump to Previous Abandoned Burned Carried David Flight Forsake Idols Images Lift PhilistinesJump to Next Abandoned Burned Carried David Flight Forsake Idols Images Lift Philistines2 Samuel 5 1. The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel,4. David's age 6. Taking Zion from the Jebusites, he dwells in it 11. Hiram sends to David, 13. Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem 17. David, directed by God, smites the Philistines at Baal-perazim 22. And again at the mulberry trees There The word "there" indicates a specific location where a significant event took place. In the context of 2 Samuel 5, this refers to the battlefield where David and his men confronted the Philistines. Historically, this battle is part of David's early reign as king over all Israel, marking a pivotal moment in establishing his rule and God's favor upon him. The location is not just a physical place but a spiritual battleground where the power of the God of Israel is demonstrated over the false gods of the Philistines. the Philistines abandoned their idols and David and his men carried them away Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Thereשָׁ֖ם (šām) Adverb Strong's 8033: There, then, thither the Philistines abandoned וַיַּעַזְבוּ־ (way·ya·‘az·ḇū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 5800: To loosen, relinquish, permit their idols, עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם (‘ă·ṣab·bê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 6091: An, image and David דָּוִ֖ד (dā·wiḏ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse and his men וַאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃ (wa·’ă·nā·šāw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 582: Man, mankind carried them away. וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֥ם (way·yiś·śā·’êm) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take Links 2 Samuel 5:21 NIV2 Samuel 5:21 NLT 2 Samuel 5:21 ESV 2 Samuel 5:21 NASB 2 Samuel 5:21 KJV 2 Samuel 5:21 BibleApps.com 2 Samuel 5:21 Biblia Paralela 2 Samuel 5:21 Chinese Bible 2 Samuel 5:21 French Bible 2 Samuel 5:21 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Samuel 5:21 They left their images there (2Sa iiSam 2 Sam ii sam) |