2 Samuel 5:22

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

2 Samuel 5:22 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:22

And the Philistines came up yet again
And, as Josephus says F26, 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 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F26 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 4. sect. 1.

2 Samuel 5:22 In-Context

20 And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah has broken in upon mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
21 And they left their images there, and David and his men took them away.
22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23 And David inquired of Jehovah; and he said, Thou shalt not go up; turn round behind them and come upon them opposite the mulberry-trees.
24 And it shall be, when thou hearest a sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry-trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then will Jehovah have gone forth before thee, to smite the army of the Philistines.
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