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2 Samuel 5:23

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And when David enquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

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  1. 2 Samuel 5:21

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

  2. 2 Samuel 5:22

    And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  3. 2 Samuel 5:24

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.

  4. 2 Samuel 5:25

    And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

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