2 Samuel 5:20-25

20 So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, "Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me." Therefore, he named that place the Lord Bursts Out.^[a]

21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.

22 The Philistines came up again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.^[b]

23 So David inquired of the Lord, and He answered, "Do not make a frontal assault. Circle around behind them and attack them opposite the balsam trees.

24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the Lord will have marched out ahead of you to attack the camp of the Philistines."^[c]

25 So David did exactly as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.^[d]

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2 Samuel 5:20-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 5

In this chapter we have an account of all the tribes of Israel coming to Hebron, and anointing David king over them, 2Sa 5:1-5; of his expedition against the Jebusites in Jerusalem, and taking from them the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:6-10; of his building an house for himself, and of his building up his family, by taking more wives and concubines, and having more children, whose names are given, 2Sa 5:11-16; and of an invasion of the land by the Philistines, and David's victory over them, 2Sa 5:17-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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[a]. Or Baal-perazim; 2 Sm 6:8; 1 Ch 13:11
[b]. 2 Sm 5:18
[c]. 2 Kg 7:6
[d]. 1 Ch 14:8-17

2 Samuel 5:20-25

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2 Samuel 5:20-25 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 5

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