2 Samuel 5:17-25

5:17

Philistines <06430> [But when.]

fortress <04686> [the hold.]

5:18

valley <06010> [the valley.]

5:19

asked <07592> [enquired.]

Lord ................. Lord <03068> [And the Lord.]

5:20

Baal Perazim ............................. Baal Perazim <01188> [Baal-perazim. that is, The plain of breaches.]

5:21

David <01732> [David.]

picked <05375> [burned them. or, took them away.]

5:22

up <05927> [came up.]

5:23

asked <07592> [enquired.]

circle <05437> [fetch.]

trees <01057> [the mulberry trees.]

The word {becha‹m,} rendered mulberry trees, is rendered by Aquila, [apion,] pear-trees, as the LXX. also render in 1 Ch 14:14, 15; and so the Vulgate in both places has {pyrorum.} The Rabbins, however, believe {bacha} signifies the mulberry-tree; with whom Ursinus agrees. It more probably denotes a large shrub which the Arabs still call {baca,} from its distilling an odoriferous gum, from {bachah} to distil, as tears. Of this opinion is Celsius, who quotes a passage from Abulfadi, who describes it as a balsam shrub, having longish leaves, and bearing a large fruit with an acrid taste. M. Forskal mentions a tree by the name of {b‘ca,} with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.

5:24

sound <06963> [sound.]

decisively <02782> [thou shalt bestir.]

5:25

Gibeon <01387> [Geba.]

[Gibeon. Gazer.]