"And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim." — 2 Samuel 5:22

2 Samuel 5:22 · KJV

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

— 2 Samuel 5:22

And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. {burned...: or, took them away}

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.

2 Samuel 5 — Context

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.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 14:13

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

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.

2 Samuel 5:18

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

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