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.
Go not up after them. The text in 2 Samuel 5:23 more correctly has, "Go not up."
Turn away from them - i:e., by stealing round a Baca-grove, come upon their rear.
For God is gone forth before thee. 'The sound of the going in the tops of the mulberry-trees' - i:e., the rustling of the leaves by a strong breeze suddenly rising-was the sign by which David was divinely apprised of the precise moment for the attack. The impetuosity of his onset was like the gush of a pent-up torrent, which sweeps away all in its course; and in allusion to this incident the place got its name.