Parallel Verses
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.
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].
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.
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 went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim. 21 And the Philistines, when they went in flight, did not take their images with them, and David and his men took them away. 22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
But this is what you are to do to them: their altars are to be pulled down and their pillars broken, and their holy trees cut down and their images burned with fire.
Deuteronomy 7:25
The images of their gods are to be burned with fire: have no desire for the gold and silver on them, and do not take it for yourselves, for it will be a danger to you: it is a thing disgusting to the Lord your God:
1 Samuel 5:2-6
They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.
1 Chronicles 14:11-12
So they went up to Baal-perazim, and David overcame them there, and David said, God has let the forces fighting against me be broken by my hand, as a wall is broken down by rushing water; so they gave that place the name of Baal-perazim.
Isaiah 37:19
And have given their gods to the fire: for they were no gods, but wood and stone, the work of men's hands; so they have given them to destruction.
Isaiah 46:1-2
Bel is bent down, Nebo is falling; their images are on the beasts and on the cattle: the things which you took about have become a weight to the tired beast.
Jeremiah 43:12
And he will put a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and they will be burned by him: and he will make Egypt clean as a keeper of sheep makes clean his clothing; and he will go out from there in peace.