2 Samuel 5:21

And they left their images ,.... Their idol gods, which they brought with them to protect and defend them, and give them success; perhaps in imitation of the Israelites, who formerly brought the ark of God into their camp against the Philistines, 1 Samuel 4:3 ; and it appears to have been the custom of other countries, in later times, to bring their gods with them to battle F24 "Omnigenumque Deum", &c.; Virgil. Aeneid. l. 8. :

and David and his men burnt them : that is, his men burnt them at his command, 1 Chronicles 14:12 ; agreeably to the law of God, that so no profit might be made of them, Deuteronomy 7:5 ; the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions, and others, render it, "and took them", or "carried them away" F25 וישאם και ελαβοσαν αυτους , Sept. "tulit", V. L. Tigurine version, Montanus; "sustulit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; as they might do, and, after they had exposed them in triumph, then burnt them.