Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
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.
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.
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
So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me.”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
Instead, this is what you are to do to them: tear down their altars, smash their sacred pillars, cut down their Asherah poles,
Deuteronomy 7:25
You must burn up the carved images of their gods. Don’t covet the silver and gold on the images and take it for yourself, or else you will be ensnared by it, for it is abhorrent to the Lord your God.
1 Samuel 5:2-6
brought it into the temple of Dagon
1 Chronicles 14:11-12
So the Israelites went up to Baal-perazim, and David defeated the Philistines there. Then David said, “Like a bursting flood, God has used me to burst out against my enemies.” Therefore, they named that place the Lord Bursts Out.
Isaiah 37:19
They have thrown their gods into the fire, for they were not gods
Isaiah 46:1-2
Their idols are consigned to beasts and cattle.
The images you carry are loaded,
as a burden for the weary animal.
Jeremiah 43:12
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