King James Version
What Does 2 Samuel 5:22 Mean?
“And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.”
Context
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And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. Baalperazim: that is, the plain of breaches
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And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. burned: or, took them away
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And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
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And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(22) **Came up yet again.**—As David had not followed up his victory (probably because he was not yet in condition to do so) the Philistines repeated their attack in the same place.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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