10 so David inquired of God: “Shall I go and attack the Philistines? Will you deliver them into my hands?”

The Lord answered him, “Go, I will deliver them into your hands.”

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10 And David inquired of God, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the Lord said to him, “Go up, and I will give them into your hand.”

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10 David inquired of God, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? And will You hand them over to me?” Then the Lord said to him, “Go up, for I will hand them over to you.”

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10 David asked God for advice: “Should I attack the Philistines, and will you hand them over to me?”

The Lord answered, “Attack them, and I’ll definitely hand them over to you.”

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10 David asked God, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you help me win?”

The Lord told David, “Yes, attack them! I will give you victory.”

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14 so David inquired of God again, and God answered him, “Do not go directly after them, but circle around them and attack them in front of the poplar trees.

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14 And when David again inquired of God, (A)God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; go around and come against them opposite the balsam trees.

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14 David inquired again of God, and God said to him, “You shall not go up after them; circle around [a]behind them and come at them in front of the baka-shrubs.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 14:14 Lit from upon

14 David again asked God’s advice, but God answered, “Don’t attack them directly. Circle around behind them and come at them from in front of the balsam trees.

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14 David asked God what he should do, and God answered, “Don't attack them from the front. Circle around behind them where the balsam[a] trees are.

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  1. 14.14 balsam: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.