King James Version
2 Samuel 5:21 in the King James Version says “And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. burned: or, took them away” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. burned: or, took them away”
2 Samuel 5:21 · KJV
And David enquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. burned: or, took them away
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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 Study — Public Domain
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“burned”
H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
“and his men”
H582properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified h0120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)
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