Parallel Verses
World English Bible
They left their images there; 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].
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.
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 David came to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and he said, "Yahweh has broken my enemies before me, like the breach of waters." Therefore he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 21 They left their images there; and David and his men took them away. 22 The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5
But you shall deal with them like this: you shall break down their altars, and dash their pillars in pieces, and cut down their Asherim, and burn their engraved images with fire.
Deuteronomy 7:25
You shall burn the engraved images of their gods with fire. You shall not covet the silver or the gold that is on them, nor take it for yourself, lest you be snared in it; for it is an abomination to Yahweh your God.
1 Samuel 5:2-6
The Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.
1 Chronicles 14:11-12
So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.
Isaiah 37:19
and have cast their gods into the fire; for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Isaiah 46:1-2
Bel bows down, Nebo stoops; their idols are on the animals, and on the livestock: the things that you carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary [animal].
Jeremiah 43:12
I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captive: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd puts on his garment; and he shall go forth from there in peace.