2 Samuel 5:17

17 Und als die Philister hörten, daß man David zum König über Israel gesalbt hatte, da zogen alle Philister herauf, um David zu suchen. Und David hörte es und zog in die Burg hinab.

2 Samuel 5:17 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17

But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David
king over Israel
That the civil war in the nation was now at an end, which they hoped would have issued in their destruction, and therefore lay still and quiet; but now being united under the government of David, and he hereby greatly strengthened and become powerful; and hearing also of his success against Jerusalem, and the friendship he had contracted with Hiram king of Tyre, they thought it was high time to bestir themselves, and put a stop to his power and greatness; and now it was, as Kimchi thinks, that David penned the second psalm, which begins, "why do the Heathen rage" ( Psalms 2:1-12 ) ,

all the Philistines came up to seek David:
in order to fight him, all the five principalities of the Philistines combined together against him; perhaps his old friend Achish king of Gath was now dead, or had now entertained a different opinion of him:

and David heard [of it];
that they had invaded his kingdom, and sought to fight him:

and went down to the hold;
some fortified place or strong hold near Jerusalem, which lay lower than the city, or than the strong hold of Zion, in which David dwelt; hither he went, not so much for safety, or with an intention to abide there, but as a rendezvous for his men, and to prepare to meet the Philistines.

2 Samuel 5:17 In-Context

15 und Jibschar und Elischua und Nepheg und Japhija,

16 und Elischama und Eljada und Eliphelet.

17 Und als die Philister hörten, daß man David zum König über Israel gesalbt hatte, da zogen alle Philister herauf, um David zu suchen. Und David hörte es und zog in die Burg hinab.

18 Und die Philister kamen und breiteten sich aus im Tale Rephaim.

19 Und David befragte Jehova und sprach: Soll ich wider die Philister hinaufziehen? Wirst du sie in meine Hand geben? Und Jehova sprach zu David: Ziehe hinauf, denn ich werde die Philister gewißlich in deine Hand geben.