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Two Victories over the Philistines

2 Samuel 5:21

In 11 translations

BSB
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
KJV
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.burned…: or, took them away
WEB
They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
ASV
And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
LSV
And they forsake their idols there, and David and his men lift them up.
YLT
And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.
DBY
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
DRC
And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.
GNV
And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.
JPS
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
LXXE
And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּעַזְבוּ־שָׁ֖ם אֶת־עֲצַבֵּיהֶ֑ם וַיִּשָּׂאֵ֥ם דָּוִ֖ד וַאֲנָשָֽׁיו׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ καταλιμπάνουσιν ἐκεῖ τοὺς θεοὺς αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐλάβοσαν αὐτοὺς Δαυὶδ καὶ οἱ ἄνδρες οἱ μετʼ αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Chronicles 14:11–12So David and his men went up to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, God has burst out against my enemies by my hand.” So they called that place Baal-perazim. There the…
  • Deuteronomy 7:5Instead, 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.
  • Isaiah 46:1–2Bel 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…
  • Deuteronomy 7:25You 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.
  • 1 Samuel 5:2–6carried 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…
  • Jeremiah 43:12I will kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and Nebuchadnezzar will burn those temples and take their gods as captives. So he will wrap himself with the land of Egypt as a shepherd wraps himself in his…
  • Isaiah 37:19They 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.

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