14:15a As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees,

When you hear a noise in the tops of the trees like marching men, (EEB)
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He should wait there until he heard a sound like soldiers make when they march. The sound would come from the tree tops.

14:15b move out to battle,

go out to attack them.
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That’s when he should start fighting,

14:15c because this will mean that God has marched out before you

Because it means, that I/God am on the march.
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because then he/David would know that God had gone in front of him.

14:15:a–c (combined)

There will be a sound like soldiers marching in the tops of the trees. It will mean that God has gone in front of David to attack the Philistines. Therefore, when he heard this sound, he should move out and start fighting.

14:15d to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

I will defeat the Philistines.”
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⌊He/God⌋ would win the fight against the Philistine army.

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Section 16:1-43

David brought God’s holy box to Jerusalem

16:1a So they brought the ark of God

They brought the box of God to ⌊Jerusalem⌋ .
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⌊The Levites⌋ brought God’s box ⌊to Jerusalem⌋ .

16:1b and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it.

They set the box inside the tent that David had put up for it.
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They put it inside the tent that David had prepared for it.

16:1c And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.

They also offered burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to God.
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⌊Then⌋ they gave sacrifices ⌊to be completely⌋ burnt before God. ⌊They also gave⌋ sacrifices ⌊for keeping their⌋ relationship with God.

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16:33a Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD,

Let the trees in the forest sing.
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The trees of the forest should sing.
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Let the trees ⌊growing⌋ in the forest ⌊rustle their leaves⌋ !

16:33b Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD,

Let them ⌊shout⌋ with joy in front of Yahweh,
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They should ⌊rustle their leaves⌋ loudly with joy in the presence of Yahweh.

16:33c for He is coming to judge the earth.

because he is coming to judge the world.
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⌊The trees in the forest should do this⌋ because Yahweh is coming to rule over ⌊the whole⌋ earth.

16:33a–c (combined and reordered)

He comes to judge the earth. Therefore, the trees of the forest should sing. Let them ⌊shout⌋ with joy in front of Yahweh.
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Yahweh will come judge the earth. So, let the trees of the forest sing. They should ⌊shout⌋ with joy in front of him.

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17:22a For You have made Your people Israel Your very own forever,

You made your people ⌊of⌋ Israel ⌊to be⌋ your very own ⌊people⌋ forever.
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You caused ⌊us(excl.) ⌋ , the people ⌊of⌋ Israel, to belong to you forever.

17:22b and You, O LORD, have become their God.

You, Yahweh, became their God.
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⌊On your part⌋ Yahweh, you have become ⌊our(excl.) ⌋ God.

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19:10a When Joab saw the battle lines before him and behind him,

Joab realized that he ⌊would have to fight both⌋ in front of himself and behind himself ⌊at the same time⌋ .
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Joab saw that there were ⌊enemy soldiers⌋ in front of ⌊his army⌋ as well as behind ⌊them⌋ .

19:10b he selected some of the best men of Israel

So he picked the best Israelite soldiers
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Therefore, he chose the best of the Israel army

19:10c and arrayed them against the Arameans.

and placed them ⌊to fight⌋ against the Aramean ⌊soldiers⌋ .
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and arranged them ⌊to fight the soldiers of⌋ Syria.

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21:15a Then God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem,

⌊During the epidemic⌋ he/Yahweh sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem.
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God sent an angel to kill the people in Jerusalem.

21:15b but as the angel was doing so,

But then he saw the angel start to kill people. (Easy English Bible)
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But as the angel started to kill people, (EEB)

21:15c the LORD saw it and relented from the calamity,

Yahweh saw what was happening. He decided to stop the punishment that he was causing, because he felt sorry.
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Yahweh saw the suffering that the people endured. He had mercy on them and stopped the punishment.

21:15d and He said to the angel who was destroying the people,

So he said to the angel, who killed the people,
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So he spoke to the angel who was destroying the people. (New International Reader’s Version)

21:15e “Enough! Withdraw your hand now!”

“Stop what you are doing! That is enough!” (Translation for Translators)
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⌊He/Yahweh said that the angel⌋ should stop and not kill any more people.

21:15f At that time the angel of the LORD was standing by the threshing floor of Ornan the Jebusite.

This happened when the angel of the LORD was standing where Araunah/Ornan the Jebusite threshed his grain.
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Yahweh’s angel was at that moment standing near the place where Araunah/Ornan used to beat the straw to gather the grain. ⌊Ornan was from⌋ Jebus ⌊which is the old name that the city of Jerusalem had before David conquered it⌋ .

21:15:a–f (combined)

God sent his angel to destroy Jerusalem. But as the angel started to kill people, Yahweh saw what was happening and he had pity. So he decided to stop the punishment that he was causing. He said to the angel who was killing the people, “That is enough. Stop what you are doing!” When Yahweh said that, his angel was standing near the place where Araunah/Ornan the Jebusite used to beat out the grain.

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