2 Samuel 5:21
Good News Translation
When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away.

New Revised Standard Version
The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

Contemporary English Version
David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind.

New American Bible
The Philistines abandoned their gods there, and David and his men carried them away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.

David

Deuteronomy 7:5,25 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things. . . .

1 Samuel 5:2-6 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it into the temple of Dagon, and set it by Dagon. . . .

1 Chronicles 14:11,12 And when they were come to Baalpharasim, David defeated them there, and he said: God hath divided my enemies by my hand, as waters are divided: and therefore the name of that place was called Baalpharasim. . . .

Isaiah 37:19 And they have cast their gods into the fire, for they were not gods, but the works of men's hands, of wood and stone: and they broke them in pieces.

burned them.

Isaiah 46:1,2 In the Lord shall all the seed of Israel be justified and praised. . . .

Jeremiah 43:12 And he shall kindle a fire in the temples of the gods of Egypt, and he shall burn them, and he shall carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment: and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Context
Two Victories over the Philistines
20And David came to Baal Pharisim: and defeated them there, and he said, The Lord hath divided my enemies before me, as waters are divided. Therefore the name of the place was called Baal Pharisim. 21And they left there their idols: which David and his men took away.22And the Philistines came up again and spread themselves into the valley of Raphaim.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 14:12
And they left there their gods, and David commanded that they should be burnt.

Isaiah 46:2
Bel is broken, Nebo is destroyed: their idols are put upon beasts and cattle, your burdens of heavy weight even unto weariness.

2 Samuel 5:20
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