Shmuel Bais 5:22

22 And the Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves out in the Emek Repha’im.

Shmuel Bais 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.

Shmuel Bais 5:22 In-Context

20 So Dovid came to Baal-Peratzim, and Dovid struck them there, and said, Hashem hath paratz (broken out) upon mine enemies before me, as of peretz mayim. Therefore he called the shem of that place Baal-Peratzim.

21 And there they left their atzabim, and Dovid and his anashim burned them.

22 And the Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves out in the Emek Repha’im.

23 And when Dovid inquired of Hashem, He said, Thou shalt not go up; but circle around behind them, and come upon them opposite the mulberry trees.

24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then shall Hashem go out before thee, to strike the machaneh of the Pelishtim.