- Baca:
- etc. or, mulberry-trees, make him a well, etc. Baca is probably a large shrub, which the Arabs still call baca, (see note on "And when Davidª enquiredª° of the LORD,ª he said,ª° Thou shalt not¹ go up;ª° [but] fetch a compassª°¹ behindª them, and comeª° upon them over againstª¹ the mulberry trees.ª" {2Sm 5:23}); and this valley, as Celsius observes, seems to be one "embarrassed with (such) bushes and thorns, which could not be passed without labour and tears" - bacah, as 7; MSS, LXX, Aquila, and Vulgate read. "And the Philistinesª came upª° yet¹ again,ª° and spread²° themselves¹ in the valleyª of Rephaim.ª ... And let it be,¹ when thou hearestª°¹ the soundª of a goingª in the topsª of the mulberry trees,ª that then¹ thou shalt bestirª° thyself: for¹ then¹ shall the LORDª go outª° beforeª thee, to smiteª° the hostª of the Philistines.ª" {2Sm 5:22-24}
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