2 Samuel 5

Treated in 3 passages across the library.

  • 5:19 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy hand. 1
  • 5:23 And when David inquired of Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees. 1
  • 5:24 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. 1

American Standard Version

  1. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    January cites 2 Samuel 5:24

    …the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt bestir thyself.” (2 Samuel 5:24) The members of Christ's Church should be very prayerful, always seeking the unction of t…

  2. Morning by Morning · Charles H. Spurgeon

    February cites 2 Samuel 5:23

    …thy charming name, 'Tis music to mine ear.” February 9 “And David enquired of the Lord.” (2 Samuel 5:23) When David made this enquiry he had just fought the Philistines, and gained a signal vic…

  3. Thoughts for the Quiet Hour · Dwight L. Moody

    June cites 2 Sam. v. 19

    …nd, notwithstanding, loves us still.—J. Hudson Taylor. June 4 David enquired of the Lord. 2 Sam. v. 19. Christian, if thou wouldst know the path of duty, take God for thy compass; if thou woul…