2 Samuel 5:22

And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים pe.lish.Tim	H6430	a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth · noun, gentilic masculine plural absolute
up	לַֽעֲל֑וֹת la.'a.Lot	H5927	to ascend · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
again	וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ vai.yo.Si.fu	H3254	to add or augment (often adverbial · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
spread	וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּ vai.yi.na.te.Shu	H5203	properly · conjunction + verb, niphal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
valley	בְּעֵ֥מֶק be.'E.mek	H6010	a vale (i.e. broad depression) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
Rephaim	רְפָאִֽים re.fa.'Im	H7497	a giant · proper noun, a man's name

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Cross-references

2 Samuel 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
1 Kings 20:22 And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return…
1 Chronicles 14:13 And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

The particular service for which David was raised up was to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, Sa2 3:18. This therefore divine Providence, in the first place, gives him an opportunity of accomplishing. Two great victories obtained over the Philistines we have here an account of, by which David not only balanced the disgrace and retrieved the loss Israel had sustained in the battle wherein Saul was slain, but went far towards the total subduing of those vexatious neighbours, the last remains of the devoted nations. I. In both these actions the Philistines were the aggressors, stirred first towards their own destruction, and pulled it on their own heads. 1. In the former they came…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:22

the Philistines came up yet again--The next year they renewed their hostile attempt with a larger force, but God manifestly interposed in David's favor.

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:21

They left their images - It was the custom of most nations to carry their gods with them to battle: in imitation of this custom the Israelites once took the ark and lost it in the field; see Sa1 4:10, Sa1 4:11.

John Gill on 2 Samuel 5:22

And the Philistines came up yet again,.... And, as Josephus says (z), with an army three times larger than the former: and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim; in the same place where they were before, 2 Samuel 5:20. (z) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 4. sect. 1.

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

David gains two Victories over the Philistines (compare Ch1 14:8-17). - Both these victories belong in all probability to the interval between the anointing of David at Hebron over all Israel and the conquest of the citadel of Zion. This is very evident, so far as the first is concerned, from the words, "When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel" (Sa2 5:17), not when David had conquered the citadel of Zion. Moreover, when the Philistines approached, David "went down to the hold," or mountain fortress, by which we cannot possibly understand the citadel upon Zion, on account of the expression "went down." If David had been living upon Zion at the time, he would h…

Dictionary and topics

Philistines — (Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the…
Rephaim, The Valley Of — (1 Samuel 5:18,22; 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:15; 14:9; Isaiah 17:5) also in (Joshua 15:8) and Josh 18:16 It is translated in the Authorized Version “the valley of the giants,” a spot which was the scene…
Rephaim, Valley of — (Josh. 15:8; 18:16, R.V.). When David became king over all Israel, the Philistines, judging that he would now become their uncompromising enemy, made a sudden attack upon Hebron, compelling David to…
Philistines · General references — General references
Rephaim · .The battleground of David and the Philistines — .The battleground of David and the Philistines
War · God in — God in

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2 Samuel 5:22

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Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:21

John Gill on 2 Samuel 5:22

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

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2 Samuel 5:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Samuel 5:22

Adam Clarke on 2 Samuel 5:21

John Gill on 2 Samuel 5:22

Keil & Delitzsch on 2 Samuel 5:17–end

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Samuel 5:21

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