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 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

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

2 Samuel 5:22 In-Context

20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there and said, The LORD has broken forth upon my enemies before me as the breach of waters. Therefore, he called the name of that place Baalperazim.

21 And they left their images there, and David and his men burned them.

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

23 And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up, but go around behind them and come upon them over against the mulberry trees,

24 and when thou hearest thunder going through the tops of the mulberry trees, then thou shalt move, for then the LORD shall go out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines.