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Mulberry Tree
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Concise Bible Dictionary: M
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George A. Morrish
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Chris Genthree
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The word
baka
is supposed to be from a root signifying “weeping,” and to refer to some tree that distils an odoriferous gum; but what tree is alluded to is unknown. David was to wait for some secret sign from God in the mulberry trees before attacking the enemy (
2 Sam. 5:23-24
23
And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24
And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. (2 Samuel 5:23‑24)
;
1 Chron. 14:14-15
14
Therefore David inquired again of God; and God said unto him, Go not up after them; turn away from them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
15
And it shall be, when thou shalt hear a sound of going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt go out to battle: for God is gone forth before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. (1 Chronicles 14:14‑15)
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Psa. 84:6
6
Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools. (Psalm 84:6)
margin). The true mulberry is supposed to be the tree called in the AV Sycamore.
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