2 Samuel 5:25

25 Und David tat also, wie Jehova ihm geboten hatte; und er schlug die Philister von Geba, bis man nach Geser kommt.

2 Samuel 5:25 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25

And David did so as the Lord commanded him
In all things he was obedient to the command of God; Saul was not: he got behind the army of the Philistines, as he was directed; and when he heard the sound in the mulberry trees, he arose and fell upon his enemies:

and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer;
or from Gibeon, as in ( 1 Chronicles 14:16 ) ; a city in the tribe of Benjamin, near to which this battle was fought, and where the pursuit began, which was carried as far as Gazer, a city that lay on the borders of the Philistines, as Josephus says ^F2; and so far they were pursued, and were smitten as they fled; and, according to Bunting ^F3, it was a space of eighteen miles.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 4. sect. 1.
F3 Travels p. 138.

2 Samuel 5:25 In-Context

23 Und David befragte Jehova; und er sprach: Du sollst nicht hinaufziehen; wende dich ihnen in den Rücken, daß du an sie kommst den Bakabäumen gegenüber.

24 Und sobald du das Geräusch eines Daherschreitens in den Wipfeln der Bakabäume hörst, alsdann beeile dich; denn alsdann ist Jehova vor dir ausgezogen, um das Heer der Philister zu schlagen.

25 Und David tat also, wie Jehova ihm geboten hatte; und er schlug die Philister von Geba, bis man nach Geser kommt.