2 Samuel 5:23

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when David went for directions to the Lord, he said, You are not to go up against them in front; but make a circle round them from the back and come on them opposite the spice-trees.

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  • Josh 8:2 : 2 And you are to do to Ai and its king as you did to Jericho and its king: but their goods and their cattle you may take for yourselves: let a secret force be stationed to make a surprise attack on the town from the back.
  • Josh 8:7 : 7 Then you will get up from your secret position and take the town, for the Lord your God will give it up into your hands.
  • 1 Chr 14:14 : 14 And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.
  • Matt 8:23-25 : 23 And when he had got into a boat, his disciples went after him. 24 And there came up a great storm in the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was sleeping. 25 And they came to him, and, awaking him, said, Help, Lord; destruction is near.
  • Matt 9:29-30 : 29 Then he put his hand on their eyes, saying, As your faith is, let it be done to you. 30 And their eyes were made open. And Jesus said to them sharply, Let no man have knowledge of it.
  • John 9:6-7 : 6 Having said these words, he put earth, mixed with water from his mouth, on the man's eyes, 7 And said to him, Go and make yourself clean in the bath of Siloam (the sense of the name is, Sent). So he went away and, after washing, came back able to see.

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  • 1 Chr 14:13-16
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    13 Then the Philistines again went out in every direction in the valley.

    14 And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.

    15 And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

    16 And David did as the Lord had said; and they overcame the army of the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 5:24-25
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    88%

    24 Then at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go forward quickly, for the Lord has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

    25 And David did as the Lord had said; and he overcame the Philistines, attacking them from Gibeon to near Gezer.

  • 2 Sam 5:17-20
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    17 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over Israel, they all went up in search of David; and David, hearing of it, went down to the strong place.

    18 And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

    19 And David, desiring directions from the Lord, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? will you give them up into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up, for I will certainly give up the Philistines into your hands.

    20 And David went to Baal-perazim, and overcame them there; and he said, The Lord has let the forces fighting against me be broken before me as a wall is broken by rushing waters. So that place was named Baal-perazim.

  • 1 Sam 23:1-5
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    1 And they sent word to David, saying, The Philistines are fighting against Keilah and taking the grain from the grain-floors.

    2 So David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go and make an attack on these Philistines? And the Lord said to David, Go and make an attack on the Philistines so that Keilah may be kept from falling into their hands.

    3 And David's men said to him, Even here in Judah we are full of fear: how much more then if we go to Keilah against the armies of the Philistines?

    4 Then David put the question to the Lord again, and the Lord answering said, Up! go down to Keilah; for I will give the Philistines into your hands.

    5 So David and his men went to Keilah, and had a fight with the Philistines, and took away their cattle, and put them to the sword with great destruction. So David was the saviour of the people of Keilah.

  • 1 Chr 14:8-10
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    8 And when the Philistines had news that David had been made king over all Israel, they went up in search of David, and David, hearing of it, went out against them.

    9 Now the Philistines had come, and had gone out in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

    10 And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

  • 1 Sam 30:8
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    8 Then David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go after this band? will I be able to overtake them? And in answer he said, Go after them, for you will certainly overtake them, and get back everything.

  • 1 Sam 22:5
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    5 And the prophet Gad said to David, Do not go on living in this place but go into the land of Judah. Then David went away and came to the woodland of Hereth.

  • 1 Chr 21:30
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    30 But David was not able to go before it to get directions from the Lord, so great was his fear of the sword of the angel of the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 5:22
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    22 And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 1 Sam 30:23
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    23 Then David said, You are not to do this, my brothers, after what the Lord has given us, who has kept us safe and given up the band which came against us into our hands.

  • 2 Sam 2:1
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    1 Now after this, David, questioning the Lord, said, Am I to go up into any of the towns of Judah? And the Lord said to him, Go up. And David said, Where am I to go? And he said, To Hebron.

  • 1 Sam 23:15
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    15 And David was full of fear, in the knowledge that Saul had come out to take his life; and David was in the waste land of Ziph, in Horesh.

  • 1 Sam 17:20
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    20 And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

  • 1 Sam 30:15
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    15 And David said to him, Will you take me down to this band? And he said, If you give me your oath that you will not put me to death or give me up to my master, I will take you to them.

  • 2 Sam 24:19
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    19 So David went up, as Gad had said and as the Lord had given orders.

  • 1 Chr 21:18-19
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    18 Then the angel of the Lord gave orders to Gad to say to David that he was to go and put up an altar to the Lord on the grain-floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

    19 And David went up, as Gad had said in the name of the Lord.

  • 1 Sam 23:23
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    23 So take care to get knowledge of all the secret places where he is taking cover, and be certain to come back to me, and I will go with you: and without doubt, if he is anywhere in the land, I will get him, among all the families of Judah.

  • 1 Sam 28:1
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    1 Now in those days the Philistines got their forces together to make war on Israel. And Achish said to David, Certainly you and your men are to go out with me to the fight.

  • 1 Sam 17:45
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    45 Then David said to the Philistine, You come to me with a sword and a spear and a javelin: but I come to you in the name of the Lord of armies, the God of the armies of Israel on which you have put shame.

  • 1 Sam 17:48
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    48 Now when the Philistine made a move and came near to David, David quickly went at a run in the direction of the army, meeting the Philistine face to face.

  • 1 Sam 17:41
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    41 And the Philistine came nearer to David; and the man who had his body-cover went before him.

  • 1 Sam 26:13
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    13 Then David went over to the other side, and took his place on the top of a mountain some distance away, with a great space between them;

  • 1 Sam 26:10
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  • 1 Sam 23:10
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  • 1 Sam 23:12
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    12 Then David said, Will the men of Keilah give me and my men up to Saul? and the Lord said, They will give you up.

  • 1 Sam 30:21
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    21 And David came to the two hundred men, who because of weariness had not gone with him, but were waiting at the stream Besor: and they went out, meeting David and the people who were with him; and when they came near them, they said, How are you?

  • 2 Chr 20:16
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    16 Go down against them tomorrow: see, they are coming up by the slope of Ziz; at the end of the valley, before the waste land of Jeruel, you will come face to face with them.

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  • 1 Sam 29:2
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  • 1 Sam 29:7
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  • 1 Sam 14:37
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