King James Version
2 Samuel 5:22 in the King James Version says “And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.”
2 Samuel 5:22 · KJV
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
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. burned: or, took them away
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
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.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
“and spread”
H5203properly, to pound, i.e., smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusive
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