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.


In Context

11 So they came up to Baal Perazim, and David struck them there; and David said, God has broken my enemies by my hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name of that place Baal Perazim.

12 They left their gods there; and David gave commandment, and they were burned with fire.

13 The Philistines yet again made a raid in the valley.

14 David 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.

15 It shall be, when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then you shall go out to battle; for God has gone out before you to strike the army of the Philistines.|

16 David did as God commanded him: and they struck the army of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gezer.

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 King James Version of the Holy Bible

14:14Therefore 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.

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 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.