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Facts About Mulberry Trees in the Bible
Facts About Mulberry Trees in the Bible. The mulberry tree, or Morus nigra, features in backgrounds against which ancient biblical battles rage and biblical kings receive God's instructions to persevere against enemies. Biblical authors of Hebrew and Christian scriptures refer to the mulberry tree and its fruit. Some biblical references to mulberry...
The mulberry tree, or Morus nigra, features in backgrounds against which ancient biblical battles rage and biblical kings receive God's instructions to persevere against enemies. Biblical authors of Hebrew and Christian scriptures refer to the mulberry tree and its fruit. Some biblical references to mulberry trees may be the result of translation variations, according to the website Bible History Online. Such references may originally have been to other types of trees prevalent in ancient Israel. As with so much in biblical interpretation and translation, scholars disagree over the type of tree to which the ancient texts refer.
Mulberry Bible References
The author of 1 and 2 Samuel in the Hebrew scriptures refers to trees in 2 Samuel 5:23 and 24. Bible versions vary regarding the type of tree. According to the King James Version, the Lord instructed David to approach the Philistines in battle and to "listen for movement in the tops of mulberry trees."
Balsam Bible References
Other Bible versions, such as the Revised Standard Version, translate the mulberry tree in 2 Samuel and in Psalms 84:6 as baca or balsam trees, Balsamodendron opobalsamum. Balsam trees have never grown in Israel, and the passages may refer to the acacia tree, Acacia nilotica, according to Bible History Online.
Black Mulberry Bible References
The Revised Standard Bible includes a reference to mulberry trees in 1 Maccabees 6:34, written long after the books of Samuel. Because the King James Bible canon does not include 1 and 2 Maccabees, scholars do not address differences in translations. The 1 Maccabees passage to the mulberry tree may refer to the fruit, according to Bible History Online. Ancients cultivated black mulberries, or Morus nigra, all over Israel.
