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2 Samuel 5:21

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And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
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  1. 1 Chronicles 14:11–12Rank 1 from verse 21
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    11So they came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. Then David said, God hath broken in upon mine enemies by mine hand like the breaking forth of waters: therefore they called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

    12And when they had left their gods there, David gave a commandment, and they were burned with fire.

  2. Deuteronomy 7:5Rank 2 from verse 21
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    5But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

  3. 1 Samuel 5:2–6Rank 3 from verse 21
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    2When the Philistines took the ark of God, they brought it into the house of Dagon, and set it by Dagon.

    3¶ And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the Lord. And they took Dagon, and set him in his place again.

    4And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold; only the stump of Dagon was left to him.

    5Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day.

    6But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

  4. Deuteronomy 7:25Rank 4 from verse 21
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    25The graven images of their gods shall ye burn with fire: thou shalt not desire the silver or gold that is on them, nor take it unto thee, lest thou be snared therein: for it is an abomination to the Lord thy God.

  5. Isaiah 37:19Rank 5 from verse 21
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    19And have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men’s hands, wood and stone: therefore they have destroyed them.

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2 Samuel 5:21

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left

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Sense 1: Past tense and past participle of leave: departed, abandoned, allowed to remain, or caused to remain. Sense 2: The direction or side opposite the right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

images

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Likenesses, representations, or visible forms; often idols when made or used as objects of worship.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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burned

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Sense 1: Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of burn, meaning to consume, injure, heat, dry, or harden by fire or intense heat. Sense 2: To be on fire.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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20And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.

21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.

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22¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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