2 Samuel 5:23
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| Overview - 2 Samuel 5 | |
| 1 | The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel. |
| 4 | David's age. |
| 6 | He taking Zion from the Jebusites, 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. |
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2 Samuel 5:23 (King James Version)
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.
- enquired
- 5:19
- fetch
- Joshua 8:2 Joshua 8:7 ; 1 Chronicles 14:14 ; Matthew 9:29 Matthew 9:30 ; 8:23-25 John 9:6 John 9:7
- the mulberry trees
- The word {becham,} rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, [apion,] pear-trees, as the LXX. also render in 1 ; Ch 14:14 15; 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 longish leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {bca,} with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.