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2 Samuel 5:10

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5:10David’s power grew steadily, for the Lord God12 who commands armies13 was with him.14

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Footnotes

  1. 12 4QSama and the lack the word “God,” probably due to harmonization with the more common biblical phrase “the Lord of hosts.”
  2. 13 Traditionally, “the Lord God of hosts” (, ); , “the Lord God Almighty”; “the Lord (+ God ) All-Powerful.”
  3. 14 The translation assumes that the disjunctive clause is circumstantial-causal, giving the reason for David’s success.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And David became greater and greater, for the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

And he became more and more powerful, because the Lord God Almighty was with him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

David became more and more powerful, and the Lord God of Armies was with him.

NLTNew Living Translation

And David became more and more powerful, because the Lord God of Heaven’s Armies was with him.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

David continued growing stronger and stronger, and Yahweh the God of hosts was with him.

KJV 1900King James Version

And David went on, and grew great, and the Lord God of hosts was with him.