2 Samuel 5:21

King James Version (1611 Edition)

And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

Hebrew Names Version
They left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

King James Version
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

Lexham English Bible
They had left their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

English Standard Version
And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

New Century Version
The Philistines left their idols behind at Baal Perazim, so David and his men carried them away.

New English Translation
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up.

Amplified Bible
The Philistines abandoned their [pagan] idols there, so David and his men took them away [to be burned].

New American Standard Bible
And the Philistines abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

Legacy Standard Bible
And they forsook their idols there; so David and his men carried them away.

Contemporary English Version
David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind.

Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim had left their idols there, so David and his men took them away.

Darby Translation
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines left the statues of their gods behind at Baal Perazim. David and his men took them away.

George Lamsa Translation
And they left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

Good News Translation
When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.

Literal Translation
And they abandoned their idols there; and David and his men took them away.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And they lefte their ymages there, but Dauid and his men caried the awaye.

American Standard Version
And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

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.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they leave there their gods, and David and his men with him took them.

English Revised Version
And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.

Berean Standard Bible
There the Philistines abandoned their idols, and David and his men carried them away.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei leften there her sculptils, whiche Dauid took, and hise men.

Young's Literal Translation
And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

Update Bible Version
And they left their images there; and David and his men took them away.

Webster's Bible Translation
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.

New King James Version
And they left their images there, and David and his men carried them away.

New Living Translation
The Philistines had abandoned their idols there, so David and his men confiscated them.

New Life Bible
The Philistines left their false gods there, and David and his men carried them away.

New Revised Standard
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they left their images there, - and David and his men took them away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.

Revised Standard Version
And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
They abandoned their idols there, so David and his men carried them away.

Contextual Overview

¹⁷ But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed Dauid King ouer Israel, all the Philistines came vp to seeke Dauid, and Dauid heard of it, and went downe to the hold. ¹⁸ The Philistines also came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim. ¹⁹ And Dauid enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I goe vp to the Philistines? wilt thou deliuer them into mine hand? And the Lord said vnto Dauid, Goe vp: for I will doubtlesse deliuer the Philistines into thine hand. ²⁰ And Dauid came to Baal-Perazim, and Dauid smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken foorth vpon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place, Baal-Perazim. ²¹ And there they left their images, and Dauid and his men burnt them. ²² And the Philistines came vp yet againe, and spread themselues in the valley of Rephaim. ²³ And when Dauid enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not goe vp: but fetch a compasse behinde them, and come vpon them ouer against the Mulbery trees. ²⁴ And let it be when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulbery trees, that then thou shalt bestirre thy selfe: for then shal the Lord goe out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. ²⁵ And Dauid did so, as the Lord had commaunded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba, vntil thou come to Gazer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

David: Deuteronomy 7:5, Deuteronomy 7:25, 1 Samuel 5:2-6, 1 Chronicles 14:11, 1 Chronicles 14:12, Isaiah 37:19

burned them: or, took them away, Isaiah 46:1, Isaiah 46:2, Jeremiah 43:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 31:30 - my gods 2 Kings 10:26 - and burned them 2 Kings 19:18 - have cast 2 Chronicles 25:14 - his gods Jeremiah 22:28 - a despised

Cross-References

Luke 3:37
Which was the sonne of Mathusala, which was the sonne of Enoch, which was the sonne of Iared, which was the sonne of Maleleel, which was the sonne of Cainan,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they left their images,.... Their idol gods, which they brought with them to protect and defend them, and give them success; perhaps in imitation of the Israelites, who formerly brought the ark of God into their camp against the Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:3; and it appears to have been the custom of other countries, in later times, to bring their gods with them to battle x:

and David and his men burnt them: that is, his men burnt them at his command, 1 Chronicles 14:12; agreeably to the law of God, that so no profit might be made of them, Deuteronomy 7:5; the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and others, render it, "and took them", or "carried them away" y; as they might do, and, after they had exposed them in triumph, then burnt them.

x "Omnigenumque Deum", c. Virgil. Aeneid. l. 8. y וישאם και ελαβοσαν αυτους, Sept. "tulit", V. L. Tigurine version, Montanus "sustulit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And there they left their images - An indication of the precipitancy of their flight, and the suddenness with which the Israelites burst upon them like a “breach of waters.” The King James Version rendering “Burned them,” does not give a translation (compare the margin), but a gloss, warranted by the explanation given in marginal references

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Samuel 5:21. They left their images — It was the custom of most nations to carry their gods with them to battle: in imitation of this custom the Israelites once took the ark and lost it in the field; see 1 Samuel 4:10-11.