1 Chronicles 14:14

14:14 So David again asked God what he should do. 1  This time 2  God told him, “Don’t march up after them; circle around them and come against them in front of the trees. 3 

1 tn Heb “and David again asked God.”

2 tn The words “this time” are not in the Hebrew text.

3 tn The Hebrew word translated “trees” is defined by HALOT 129 s.v. בָּכָא as “shrubs.” Some translate “balsam trees” (see BDB 113 s.v. בָּכָא), cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NLT.