14:14 So David again asked God what he should do.15 This time16 God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees.17
tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.
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tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT129s.v.בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113s.v.בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.