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2 Samuel 5:23

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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ASV

And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

KJV

And when David enquired 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.

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13 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּשְׁאַ֤לvai.yish.'Aland he enquiredH7592 →
דָּוִד֙da.VidDavidH1732 →
בַּֽיהוָ֔הba.Yah.wehby YahwehH3068 →
וַיֹּ֖אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
תַעֲלֶ֑הta.'a.Lehyou must go upH5927 →
הָסֵב֙ha.Sevgo aroundH5437 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
אַ֣חֲרֵיהֶ֔ם'a.cha.rei.Hembehind themH310 →
וּבָ֥אתָu.Va.taand you will goH935 →
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto <the> them
מִמּ֥וּלmi.Mulfrom in front ofH4136 →
בְּכָאִֽים׃be.kha.'Im[the] balsam treesH1057 →

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1 Samuel 30:8and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”1 Samuel 23:2So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go and attack these Philistines?” And the LORD said to David, “Go and attack the Philistines and save Keilah.”2 Samuel 5:19So 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.”1 Chronicles 14:14So 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 8:23–25When He got into the boat, His disciples followed Him.Matthew 9:29–30Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”John 9:6–7When Jesus had said this, He spit on the ground, made some mud, and applied it to the man’s eyes.Judges 20:29So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.1 Samuel 14:37So Saul inquired of God, “Shall I go down after the Philistines? Will You give them into the hand of Israel?” But God did not answer him that day.2 Chronicles 18:4But Jehoshaphat also said to the king of Israel, “Please inquire first for the word of the LORD.”Joshua 8:2And 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 up an ambush behind the city.”2 Samuel 14:20Joab your servant has done this to bring about this change of affairs, but my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God, to know everything that happens in the land.”2 Samuel 2:1Some time later, David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up to one of the towns of Judah?” “Go up,” the LORD answered. Then David asked, “Where should I go?” “To Hebron,” replied the LORD.1 Kings 8:44When Your people go to war against their enemies, wherever You send them, and when they pray to the LORD in the direction of the city You have chosen and the house I have built for Your Name,Joshua 8:7you are to rise from the ambush and seize the city, for the LORD your God will deliver it into your hand.1 Chronicles 14:10So David inquired of God, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go,” replied the LORD, “for I will deliver them into your hand.”2 Samuel 21:1During the reign of David there was a famine for three successive years, and David sought the face of the LORD. And the LORD said, “It is because of the blood shed by Saul and his family, because he killed the Gibeonites.”

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