Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.
New American Standard Bible
They abandoned their idols there, so
King James Version
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Holman Bible
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
International Standard Version
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his army carried them off.
A Conservative Version
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
American Standard Version
And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
Amplified
The Philistines abandoned their [pagan] idols there, so David and his men took them away [to be burned].
Bible in Basic English
And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away.
Darby Translation
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
Julia Smith Translation
And they will leave there their images, and David and his men will take them away.
King James 2000
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
Lexham Expanded Bible
They had left their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.
Modern King James verseion
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And there they left their images, and David and his men took them up.
NET Bible
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.
New Heart English Bible
They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
The Emphasized Bible
And they left their images there, - and David and his men took them away.
Webster
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
World English Bible
They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.
Themes
Iconoclasm » Destroyed by » David
Idolatry » Everything connected with, should be destroyed
Philistines » David » Often defeated in the course of his reign
Philistines » Defeated by david
Prayer » Answered » David, asking whether he should go to war against the philistines
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Samuel 5:21
Verse Info
Context Readings
War With The Philistines
20 And David cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, 'Jehovah hath broken forth on mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim. 21 And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up. 22 And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
'But thus thou dost to them: their altars ye break down, and their standing pillars ye shiver, and their shrines ye cut down, and their graven images ye burn with fire;
Deuteronomy 7:25
The graven images of their gods ye do burn with fire; thou dost not desire the silver and gold on them, nor hast thou taken it to thyself, lest thou be snared by it, for the abomination of Jehovah thy God it is;
1 Samuel 5:2-6
and the Philistines take the ark of God and bring it into the house of Dagon, and set it near Dagon.
1 Chronicles 14:11-12
And they go up into Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and David saith, 'God hath broken up mine enemies by my hand, like the breaking up of waters;' therefore they have called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.
Isaiah 37:19
so as to put their gods into fire -- for they are no gods, but work of the hands of man, wood and stone -- and they destroy them.
Isaiah 46:1-2
Bowed down hath Bel, stooping is Nebo, Their idols have been for the beast and for cattle, Your burdens are loaded, a burden to the weary.
Jeremiah 43:12
And I have kindled a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt, and it hath burned them, and he hath taken them captive, and covered himself with the land of Egypt, as cover himself doth the shepherd with his garment, and he hath gone forth thence in peace;