2 Samuel 5:23 (KJV)
And when David enquiredof the LORDhe saidThou shalt not go upbut fetch a compass behindthem and comeupon them over againstthe mulberry trees
Cross-references
enquired. 2Sa 5:19
fetch. Jos 8:2 Jos 8:7 1Ch 14:14 Mt 9:29 Mt 9:30 Mt 8:23-25 Joh 9:6 Joh 9:7
the mulberry trees.The word {bechaïm,} 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 {bæca,} with leaves rather ovated, smooth, entire: its berries are poisonous to the sheep.
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