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2 Samuel 5:232Sam.5.23

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.

KJV

Hebrew original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

David consulta l'Eternel. Et l'Eternel dit: Tu ne monteras pas; tourne-les par derrière, et tu arriveras sur eux vis-à-vis des mûriers.

KJV

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.

Patristic reading

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    Patrologia Latina Vol. 174 (Migne)

    contra Philisthiim, quia tunc egredietur Dominus ante faciem tuam, ut percutiat castra Philisthiim (II Reg. V, 19-24, etc.) . Per Philisthiim malignos spiritus, aut quaelibet peccata accipere possumus, quae quasi ad quaerendum David ascenderunt, quando aut per malam cogitationem,…

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