2 Samuel 5:18

2 Samuel 5:18 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
• New International Version (NIV)Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
• English Standard Version (ESV)Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

Context of 2 Samuel 5:18

16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet. 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. 19So David asked the Lord, “Should I go out to fight the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord replied to David, “Yes, go ahead. I will certainly hand them over to you.” 20So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated the Philistines there. “The Lord did it!” David exclaimed. “He burst through my enemies like a raging flood!” So he named that place Baal-perazim (which means “the Lord who bursts through”).

2 Samuel 5:18 word by word

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיpelishtîy · PhilistineH6430
• also cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• and spreadנָטַשׁnâţash · to leaveH5203
• themselves in the valleyעֵ֫מֶק‛êmeq · Valley (of Rephaim)H6010
• of Rephaimרְפָאִיםrâphâ' râphâh · (Valley of) RephaimH7497

Cross-references for 2 Samuel 5:18

• 2 Samuel 23:13Once during the harvest, when David was at the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.
• Genesis 14:5One year later Kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Rephaites at Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaveh-kiriathaim,
• Joshua 15:8The boundary then passed through the valley of Ben-Hinnom, along the southern slopes of the Jebusites, where the city of Jerusalem is located. Then it went west to the top of the mountain above the valley of Hinnom, and on up to the northern end of the valley of Rephaim.
• 1 Chronicles 11:15Once when David was at the rock near the cave of Adullam, the Philistine army was camped in the valley of Rephaim. The Three (who were among the Thirty—an elite group among David’s fighting men) went down to meet him there.
• Isaiah 17:5The whole land will look like a grainfield after the harvesters have gathered the grain. It will be desolate, like the fields in the valley of Rephaim after the harvest.

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5:18

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 The Philistines considered not that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soon as it was set up in the world, was thus attacked by the powers of darkness. The heathen raged, and the kings of the earth set themselves to oppose it; but all in vain, Psa 2:1, &c. The destruction will turn, as this did, upon Satan's own kingdom. David owns dependence on God for victory; and refers…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18The valley of Rephaim is located between Bethlehem and Jerusalem (compare 2 Samuel 23:13–14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. valley of Rephaim--that is, "of giants," a broad and fertile plain, which descends gradually from the central mountains towards the northwest. It was the route by which they marched against Jerusalem. The "hold" to which David went down "was some fortified place where he might oppose the progress of the invaders," and where he signally defeated them.Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Samuel 5:18

• Philistines
• Rain
• Rephaim

In the dictionaries

• Philistines
• Compass
• Fetch
• Rephaim, Valley of
• Valley
• Adullam
• Genealogy
• Rephaim, Vale of
• Samuel, Books of
• Titans

Commentaries on 2 Samuel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings