2 Samuel 5:22
in 2 Samuel 5Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
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ASV
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
KJV
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAnd 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, 2Sa 5:20. (z) Antiqu. l. 7. c. 4. sect. 1.
This site's exposition
came up yet again
on 2 Samuel 5:22-25
The Philistines come up a second time to the same valley, and David enquires again, but the Lord gives a different plan for a second victory, not a straight advance but a flanking march, fetch a compass behind them, and wait for a sign, the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees. Older writers read that sound as the marching of an unseen host sent ahead of David, a signal rather than a weapon, and the point either way is the same: he waits for the sound rather than acting on his own timing. Two victories in one chapter come from two different battle plans, and what carries across both is not the tactic but the enquiry that precedes it.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Here we have only the heads of their address, containing the grounds they went upon in making David king. Their relation to him was some inducement: " We are thy bone and thy flesh (
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Their spreading themselves intimates that they were very numerous and that they made a very formidable appearance. We read of the church's enemies going up on the breadth of the earth ( Rev. xx. 9 ), but the further they spread themselves the fairer mark they are to God's arrows.
The words behind it
7 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּסִ֥פוּ | vaiyosifu | and they repeated | H3254 → | 212 times |
| ע֛וֹד | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים | pelishtim | [the] Philistines | H6430 → | 287 times |
| לַֽעֲל֑וֹת | laalot | to go up | H5927 → | 890 times |
| וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּ | vaiyinateshu | and they were spread out | H5203 → | |
| בְּעֵ֥מֶק | beemek | in [the] valley of | H6010 → | 69 times |
| רְפָאִֽים׃ | refaim | Rephaim | H7497 → | 25 times |
וַיֹּסִ֥פוּand they repeated
vaiyosifuH3254 →212 times
ע֛וֹדagain
odH5750 →490 times
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים[the] Philistines
pelishtimH6430 →287 times
לַֽעֲל֑וֹתto go up
laalotH5927 →890 times
וַיִּנָּֽטְשׁ֖וּand they were spread out
vaiyinateshuH5203 →
בְּעֵ֥מֶקin [the] valley of
beemekH6010 →69 times
רְפָאִֽים׃Rephaim
refaimH7497 →25 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
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…
it 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.
- 2 Samuel 11:1
Through
1 Chronicles 14:13Once again the Philistines raided the valley.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
Through
2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
it 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…
- Joshua 15:8
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Samuel
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.