14Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.


In Context

11 So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal- perazim.

12 And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

14 Therefore David enquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

15 And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.

16 David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

1 Chronicles 14:14 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

14:14so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, "Do not go straight up, but circle around them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And David consulted God again, and God said to him: Go not up after them, turn away from them, and come upon them over against the pear trees.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry-trees.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14And David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn round them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

14:14And David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Thou shalt not go up after them: turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14Therefore David inquired again of God: and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14David inquired again of God; and God said to him, |You shall not go up after them. Turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

14:14and David asketh again of God, and God saith to him, 'Do not go up after them, turn round from them, and thou hast come to them from over-against the mulberries;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said to him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come on them over against the mulberry trees.