2 Samuel 5:21
And in that place they left behind their graven images, which David and his men took away.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
In Context
Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:5So instead, you shall do this to them: overturn their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their sacred groves, and burn up their graven images.
1 Samuel 5:2And the Philistines took the ark of God, and carried it into the temple of Dagon. And they stationed it beside Dagon.
Isaiah 37:19And they have cast their gods into the fire. For these were not gods, but the works of men’s hands, of wood and of stone. And they broke them into pieces.
Isaiah 46:2They have been melted down, or have been smashed together. They were not able to save the one who carried them, and their life will go into captivity.
Jeremiah 48:7For because you have had faith in your fortifications and in your storehouses, you too will be seized. And Chemosh will go into captivity: his priests and his leaders together.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:18-25
David Defeats the Philistines. ( b. c. 1046.) 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. 19 And David enquired of the Lord , saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. 20 And… Read the whole commentary →