2 Samuele 5:21

21 Ed i Filistei lasciarono quivi i loro idoli, i quali Davide e la sua gente tolsero via.

2 Samuele 5:21 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:21

And they left their images
Their idol gods, which they brought with them to protect and defend them, and give them success; perhaps in imitation of the Israelites, who formerly brought the ark of God into their camp against the Philistines, ( 1 Samuel 4:3-6 ) ; and it appears to have been the custom of other countries, in later times, to bring their gods with them to battle ^F24:

and David and his men burnt them:
that is, his men burnt them at his command, ( 1 Chronicles 14:12 ) ; agreeably to the law of God, that so no profit might be made of them, ( Deuteronomy 7:5 ) ; the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and others, render it, "and took them", or "carried them away" ^F25; as they might do, and, after they had exposed them in triumph, then burnt them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 "Omnigenumque Deum" Virgil. Aeneid. l. 8.
F25 (Mavyw) (kai elabosan autouv) , Sept. "tulit", V. L. Tigurine version, Montanus; "sustulit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

2 Samuele 5:21 In-Context

19 Allora Davide domandò il Signore, dicendo: Salirò io contro a’ Filistei? me li darai tu nelle mani? E il Signore disse a Davide: Sali; perciocchè io del tutto ti darò i Filistei nelle mani.

20 Davide adunque venne in Baal-perasim, e quivi li percosse; poi disse: Il Signore ha rotti i miei nemici davanti a me a guisa d’un trabocco d’acque; perciò pose nome a quel luogo Baal-perasim.

21 Ed i Filistei lasciarono quivi i loro idoli, i quali Davide e la sua gente tolsero via.

22 Poi i Filistei salirono di nuovo, e si sparsero nella valle de’ Rafei.

23 E Davide domandò il Signore, il quale gli disse: Non salire; gira dietro a loro, e vienli ad incontrare dirincontro a’ gelsi.