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

2 Samuel 5:22 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • 1 Kings 20:22

    And the prophet came to the king of Israel, and said unto him, Go, strengthen thyself, and mark, and see what thou doest: for at the return of the year the king of Syria will come up against thee.

  • 1 Chronicles 14:13

    And the Philistines yet again spread themselves abroad in the valley.

  • 2 Samuel 5:18

    The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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…

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