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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 5:21 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 5:21 |
King James |
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| there they left their images--probably their "lares" or household deities, which they had brought into the field to fight for them. They were burnt as ordained by law (Deu 7:5). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| And there they left their images - An indication of the precipitancy of their flight, and the suddenness with which the Israelites burst upon them like a "breach of waters." The King James Version rendering "Burned them," does not give a translation (compare the margin), but a gloss, warranted by the explanation given in marginal references |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Images - When the ark fell into the hand of the Philistines, it consumed them: but when these images fell into the hands of Israel, they could not save themselves from being consumed. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| They left their images - It was the custom of most nations to carry their gods with them to battle: in imitation of this custom the Israelites once took the ark and lost it in the field; see Sa1 4:10, Sa1 4:11. |
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
11 And the ark of God was taken; and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were slain.
10 And the Philistines fought, and Israel was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand footmen.