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1 Chronicles 14:12-14
New English Translation

12 The Philistines left[a] their idols[b] there, so David ordered that they be burned.

13 The Philistines again raided the valley. 14 So David again asked God what he should do.[c] This time[d] God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 14:12 tn Heb “they abandoned.”
  2. 1 Chronicles 14:12 tn Heb “gods.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 14:14 tn Heb “and David again consulted with God.”
  4. 1 Chronicles 14:14 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
  5. 1 Chronicles 14:14 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.
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