2 Samuel 5:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁷But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

2 Samuel 5:17 —

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2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
1 Chronicles 14:8-9
And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David. And David heard of it, and went out against them. …
1 Chronicles 11:16
And David was then in the hold, and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
Psalms 2:1-5
Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing? …
Revelation 11:15-18
And the seventh angel sounded; and there were great voices in heaven, saying, The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord, and of his Christ; and he shall reign for ever and ever. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 17-25)

The particular service for which David was raised up was to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, 2 Sam. 3:18. This therefore divine Providence, in the first place, gives him an opportunity of accomplishing. Two great victories obtained over the Philistines we have here an account of, by which David not only balanced the disgrace and retrieved the loss Israel had sustained in the battle…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

17. when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel--During the civil war between the house of Saul and David, those restless neighbors had remained quiet spectators of the contest. But now, jealous of David, they resolved to attack him before his government was fully established.