Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
2 Samuel 5:21
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There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
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And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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They left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
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And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
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2 Samuel 5
19 So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”
20 So David went to Baal-perazim, where he defeated the Philistines and said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has burst out against my enemies before me.” So he called that place Baal-perazim.
21 There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.
22 Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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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