2 Samuel 5:22

22 And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out 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 cometh in to Baal-Perazim, and David smiteth them there, and saith, `Jehovah hath broken forth [on] mine enemies before me, as the breaking forth of waters;' therefore he hath called the name of that place Baal-Perazim.

21 And they forsake there their idols, and David and his men lift them up.

22 And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,

23 and David asketh of Jehovah, and He saith, `Thou dost not go up, turn round unto their rear, and thou hast come to them over-against the mulberries,

24 and it cometh to pass, in thy hearing the sound of a stepping in the tops of the mulberries, then thou dost move sharply, for then hath Jehovah gone out before thee to smite in the camp of the Philistines.'