Verse 24
2 Samuel 5:24
Literal Standard Version
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and it comes to pass, in your hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then you move sharply, for then YHWH has gone out before you to strike in the camp of the Philistines.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
וִ֠/יהִי ב/שמע/ך כְּֽ/שָׁמְעֲ/ךָ֞ אֶת ק֧וֹל צְעָדָ֛ה בְּ/רָאשֵׁ֥י הַ/בְּכָאִ֖ים אָ֣ז תֶּחֱרָ֑ץ כִּ֣י אָ֗ז יָצָ֤א יְהוָה֙ לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ לְ/הַכּ֖וֹת בְּ/מַחֲנֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּֽים
English Translation
And it will be when you hear the sound of marching at the tops of the balsam trees, then you shall act decisively, for then the Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
And all the tribes of Israel come to David, to Hebron, and speak, saying, “Behold, we are your bone...
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also thus far, in Saul’s being king over us, you have been he who is bringing out and bringing in Is...
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3
And all the elderly of Israel come to the king, to Hebron, and King David makes a covenant with them...
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4
A son of thirty years is David in his being king; he has reigned for forty years;
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he reigned over Judah in Hebron for seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned for thir...
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6
And the king goes, and his men, to Jerusalem, to the Jebusite, the inhabitant of the land, and they...
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7
And David captures the fortress of Zion, it is the City of David.
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8
And on that day David says, “Anyone striking the Jebusite, let him go up by the watercourse (and the...
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9
And David dwells in the fortress, and calls it the City of David, and David builds all around, from...
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10
and David goes, going on and becoming great, and YHWH, God (Elohim) of Hosts, is with him.
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11
And Hiram king of Tyre sends messengers to David, and cedar-trees, and craftsmen of wood, and crafts...
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12
and David knows that YHWH has established him for king over Israel, and that He has lifted up his ki...
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13
And again David takes concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after his coming from Hebron, and again...
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14
And these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Sol...
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15
and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
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and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
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17
And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines...
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and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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19
And David asks of YHWH, saying, “Do I go up to the Philistines? Do You give them into my hand?” And...
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20
And David comes to Ba‘al-Perazim, and David strikes them there, and says, “YHWH has broken forth on...
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21
And they forsake their idols there, and David and his men lift them up.
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22
And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim,
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and David asks of YHWH, and He says, “You do not go up, turn around to their rear, and you have come...
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24
and it comes to pass, in your hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then yo...
25
And David does so, as YHWH commanded him, and strikes the Philistines from Geba to your coming to Ga...
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