2 Samuel 5:23

MSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ²³ So David inquired of the LORD, who answered, “Do not march straight up, but circle around behind them and attack them in front of the balsam trees.

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enquired.
2 Samuel 5:19
fetch.
Joshua 8:2; Joshua 8:7; 1 Chronicles 14:14; Matthew 9:29; Matthew 9:30; Matthew 8:23-25; John 9:6; John 9:7
the mulberry trees.The word {becha\u65533 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\u65533 ca,} with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.