2 Samuel 5:22

22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim.

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 Ba'al-pera'zim, and David defeated them there; and he said, "The LORD has broken through my enemies before me, like a bursting flood." Therefore the name of that place is called Ba'al-pera'zim.

21 And the Philistines left their idols there, and David and his men carried them away.

22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim.

23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, "You shall not go up; go around to their rear, and come upon them opposite the balsam trees.

24 And when you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, then bestir yourself; for then the LORD has gone out before you to smite the army of the Philistines."