2 Samuel 5:21

The Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

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

In Context

20So David attacked at Baal Perazim, and there he defeated them. He commented, “Yahweh has burst through my enemies before me like a bursting flood of water.” So the name of that place became Baal Perazim.

22Then the Philistines came up again and spread out once more in the Valley of Rephaim.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 7:5This is how you will deal with them: You will break down their altars, dash their stone pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their cast idols.

1 Samuel 5:2The Philistines took the ark of God, brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it up beside Dagon.

Isaiah 37:19They have put their gods into the fire, for they were not gods but the work of men's hands, just wood and stone. So the Assyrians have destroyed them.

Isaiah 46:2Together they bend low, kneel down; they cannot rescue the images, 1 and they themselves have gone off into captivity. 1

Jeremiah 48:7For because of your trust in your practices and your wealth, you also will be captured. 1 Then Chemosh will go away into captivity, together with his priests and leaders. 1

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 →

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