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2 Samuel 5:24

American Standard Version

And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

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2 Samuel 5:24 in other translations

When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then stir yourself up; for then Yahweh has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.”

2 Samuel 5:24 · World English Bible

2 Samuel 5:24 in context

  1. 22And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
  2. 23And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.
  3. 24And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.
  4. 25And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.