2 Samuel 5:22 BSB — MannaFest

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7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ	vai.yo.Si.fu	and they repeated	H3254 →
ע֛וֹד	od	again	H5750 →
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים	pe.lish.Tim	[the] Philistines	H6430 →
לַֽעֲל֑וֹת	la.'a.Lot	to go up	H5927 →
וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּ	vai.yi.na.te.Shu	and they were spread out	H5203 →
בְּעֵ֥מֶק	be.'E.mek	in [the] valley of	H6010 →
רְפָאִֽים׃	re.fa.'Im	Rephaim	H7497 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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1 Kings 20:22
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against…
leads to
- 2 Samuel 11:1
  In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David…
- 1 Kings 20:13
  Meanwhile a prophet approached Ahab king of Israel and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘Do you see this entire great army? Behold, I will deliver it into your hand this very day,…
- 1 Kings 20:26
  In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
Through
1 Chronicles 14:13
Once again the Philistines raided the valley.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
  Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
Through
2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
leads to
- Joshua 15:8
  From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom…
- Genesis 14:5
  In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,
- 2 Samuel 23:13
  At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- Joshua 17:15
  Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of…

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 17:5as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.2 Samuel 21:15Once again the Philistines waged war against Israel, and David and his servants went down and fought against the Philistines; but David became exhausted.1 Kings 20:22Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”1 Chronicles 14:13Once again the Philistines raided the valley.2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.1 Chronicles 11:15Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.Joshua 15:8From there the border went up the Valley of Hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.Genesis 14:5In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,2 Samuel 23:13At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.Joshua 17:15Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

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