2Sa 5:21, Isa 46:1-2 | TSK | STEP | David. burned them. or, took them away.

2 Samuel 5:21

David.

De 7:5,25; 1Sa 5:2-6; 1Ch 14:11,12; Isa 37:19

burned them. or, took them away.

Isa 46:1,2; Jer 43:12

Isaiah 46:1-2

1 The idols of Babylon could not save themselves.

3 God saves his people to the end.

5 Idols are not comparable to God for power,

12 or present salvation.

Bel.Bel, called Belus by the Greek and Roman writers, is the same as Baal; and Nebo is interpreted by Castell and Norberg of Mercury; the two principal idols of Babylon. When that city was taken by the Persians, these images were carried in triumph.

21:9; 41:6,7; Ex 12:12; 1Sa 5:3; Jer 48:1-25; 50:2; 51:44,47,52

a burden.

2:20; Jer 10:5

they could.

36:18,19; 37:12,19; 44:17; 45:20

but.

Jud 18:17,18,24; 2Sa 5:21; Jer 43:12,13; 48:7

themselves are. Heb. their soul is.