撒母耳记下 5:23

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

大衛又求問耶和華，耶和華說：“你不要直接上去，要繞到他們後面，從桑林對面攻打他們。

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
大 卫 求 问 耶 和 华 ； 耶 和 华 说 ： 不 要 一 直 地 上 去 ， 要 转 到 他 们 後 头 ， 从 桑 林 对 面 攻 打 他 们 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been made king over Israel, all the Philistines went to look for him. But when David heard the news, he went down to the stronghold. ¹⁸ The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹ David asked the Lord , "Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord said to David, "Go! I will certainly hand them over to you." ²⁰ So David went to Baal Perazim and defeated the Philistines there. David said, "Like a flood of water, the Lord has broken through my enemies in front of me." So David named the place Baal Perazim. ²¹ The Philistines left their idols behind at Baal Perazim, so David and his men carried them away. ²² Once again the Philistines came and camped at the Valley of Rephaim. ²³ When David prayed to the Lord , he answered, "Don't attack the Philistines from the front. Instead, go around and attack them in front of the balsam trees. ²⁴ When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act quickly. I, the Lord , will have gone ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army." ²⁵ So David did what the Lord commanded. He defeated the Philistines and chased them all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

inquired: 2 Samuel 5:19

fetch: Joshua 8:2, Joshua 8:7, 1 Chronicles 14:14, Matthew 9:29, Matthew 9:30, Matthew 8:23-25, John 9:6, John 9:7

the mulberry trees: The word bechaim, rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, בנישם, pear-trees, as the LXX also render in 1 Chronicles 14:14-15; and so the Vulgate in both places has pyrorum. The Rabbins, however, believe bacha signifies the mulberry-tree; with whom Ursinus agrees. It more probably denotes a large shrub which the Arabs still call baca, from its distilling an odoriferous gum, from bachah to distil, as tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who quotes a passage from Abulfadi, who describes it as a balsam shrub, having longish leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste. M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of beca, with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire. Its berries are poisonous to the sheep.

Reciprocal: Joshua 6:10 - until the day Judges 20:29 - liers 1 Samuel 14:37 - Shall I go 1 Samuel 23:2 - inquired 1 Samuel 30:8 - inquired 2 Samuel 2:1 - inquired 2 Samuel 14:20 - fetch 2 Samuel 21:1 - of the Lord 1 Kings 8:44 - whithersoever 1 Chronicles 14:10 - inquired 2 Chronicles 18:4 - Inquire Psalms 84:6 - Baca

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when David inquired of the Lord,.... For though he had success before, and got the victory, he would not engage again with them without having the mind and will of God, on whom he knew victory alone depended:

he said, thou shalt not go up; that is, directly, and in a straight line:

[but] fetch a compass behind them; and get to the rear of them, instead of falling upon them in the front:

and come upon them over against the mulberry trees: which grew in the valley of Rephaim, and near where the Philistines had pitched.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mulberry trees - Rather, the Bacah-tree, and found abundantly near Mecca. It is very like the balsam-tree, and probably derives its name from the exudation of the sap in drops like tears when a leaf is torn off. Some think the valley of Baca Psalms 84:6 was so called from this plant growing there.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 5:23. Fetch a compass behind them — When they may be had, God will not work without using human means. By this he taught David caution, prudence, and dependence on the Divine strength.