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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Samuel 5:24 Catholic Bible: When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army." </title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/catholic/2_samuel/5-24.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/15002new8.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../vmenus/2_samuel/5-24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmcc/2_samuel/5-24.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/catholic/">Bible</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_samuel/1.htm">2 Samuel</a> > <a href="/gntd/2_samuel/5.htm">Chapter 5</a> > Verse 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad1.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_samuel/5-23.htm" title="2 Samuel 5:23">◄</a> 2 Samuel 5:24 <a href="../2_samuel/5-25.htm" title="2 Samuel 5:25">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/5.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#552200" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gntd/2_samuel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army." <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_samuel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then be on the alert; for then the LORD has gone out before you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cevd/2_samuel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Wait until you hear a sound in the treetops like marching troops. Then attack quickly! That sound will mean I have marched out ahead of you to fight the Philistine army. <p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_samuel/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the LORD has already gone before you to strike the army of the Philistines.<p><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drbc/2_samuel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines.<div class="vheading2">Treasury of Scripture Knowledge</div><p class="tsk2">And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines.</p><p class="hdg">sound</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../2_kings/7-6.htm">2 Kings 7:6</a> For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians; and they are come upon us.</p><p class="hdg">thou shalt bestir</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/4-14.htm">Judges 4:14</a> And Debbora said to Barac: Arise, for this is the day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisara into thy hands: behold, he is thy leader. And Barac went down from Mount Thabor, and ten thousand fighting men with him.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../judges/7-15.htm">Judges 7:15</a> And when Gedeon had heard the dream, and the interpretation thereof, he adored: and returned to the camp of Israel, and said: Arise, for the Lord hath delivered the camp of Madian into our hands.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-9.htm">1 Samuel 14:9-12</a> If they shall speak thus to us: Stay till we come to you: let us stand still in our place, and not go up to them. . . . </p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../1_chronicles/14-15.htm">1 Chronicles 14:15</a> And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou go out to battle. For God is gone out before thee to strike the army of the Philistines.</p><p class="tskverse"><a href="../philippians/2-11.htm">Philippians 2:11,12</a> And that every tongue should confess that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the glory of God the Father. . . . </p></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/drbc/2_samuel/5.htm">Two Victories over the Philistines</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl">And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines.</span><span class="reftext">25</span>And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer.…<div class="vheading2">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="../judges/4-14.htm">Judges 4:14</a></span><br />And Debbora said to Barac: Arise, for this is the day wherein the Lord hath delivered Sisara into thy hands: behold, he is thy leader. And Barac went down from Mount Thabor, and ten thousand fighting men with him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../1_samuel/14-12.htm">1 Samuel 14:12</a></span><br />And the men of the garrison spoke to Jonathan, and to his armourbearer, and said: Come up to us, and we will shew you a thing. And Jonathan said to his armourbearer: Let us go up, follow me: for the Lord hath delivered them into the hands of Israel.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_samuel/5-23.htm">2 Samuel 5:23</a></span><br />And David consulted the Lord: Shall I go up against the Philistines, and wilt thou deliver them into my hands? He answered: Go not up against them but fetch a compass behind them, and thou shalt come upon them over against the pear trees.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="../2_kings/7-6.htm">2 Kings 7:6</a></span><br />For the Lord had made them hear, in the camp of Syria, the noise of chariots, and of horses, and of a very great army: and they said one to another: Behold, the king of Israel hath hired against us the kings of the Hethites, and of the Egyptians; and they are come upon us.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><div class="vheading2">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_samuel/2-6.htm">Act</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-23.htm">Army</a> <a href="/joel/3-12.htm">Bestir</a> <a href="/2_samuel/1-3.htm">Camp</a> <a href="/2_samuel/5-20.htm">Forth</a> <a 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