Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
2 Samuel 5:22
The Philistines came up again, doubtless with greater force, as those that saw their all lay at stake.
The Philistines came up again, doubtless with greater force, as those that saw their all lay at stake.
2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES CHAPTER 5:6-25 _ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_ 2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11) 3. David's additional concubines and...
VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES (J). (_Cf._ p. 67.) David twice defeats the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim (p. 31, Isaiah 17:5 *). The growing strength of David had roused the apprehensions of hi...
Two victories over the Philistines =1 Chronicles 14:8-16 17. _But when the Philistines heard_ This Philistine invasion probably followed soon after the capture of Jebus. The Philistines were alarmed...
_David Against the Philistines_ 2 Samuel 5:17-25 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard _of it,_ a...
_AND THE PHILISTINES CAME UP YET AGAIN, AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM._ The Philistines came up yet again. The next year they renewed their hostile attempt with a larger force; but G...
DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead....
DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 This chapter records three very important things that David did: (1) He united the nation of *Israel. (2) He made the city of Je...
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....
וַ יֹּסִ֥פוּ עֹ֛וד פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים לַֽ עֲלֹ֑ות...
CHAPTER VII. _ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED._ 2 Samuel 5:10. THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were all of...
JEHOVAH'S VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES 2 Samuel 5:13 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel...
At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his c...
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of (g) Rephaim. (g) Meaning the valley of giants, which David called Baalperazim, because of his victory....
(22) And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (23) And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, an...
We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...
David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...
AND THE PHILISTINES CAME UP YET AGAIN,.... And, as Josephus says z, with an army three times larger than the former: AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM; in the same place where they were...
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Ver. 22. _And the Philistines came up yet again._] They will have the other bout, though to their bane. No warni...
_And spread themselves_ The expression intimates, that they were very numerous, and made a very formidable appearance. So we read, Revelation 20:9, of the enemies of the church _going up on the breadt...
1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...
TWO VICTORIES OF DAVID OVER THE PHILISTINES...
And the Philistines came up yet again, venturing a second campaign in their anxiety to regain their power over Israel, AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM, as upon the first invasion....
Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...
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 attack...
2 Samuel 5:22 Philistines H6430 up H5927 (H8800) again H3254 (H8686) deployed H5203 (H8735) Valley H6010 Rephaim...
DAVID ONCE AGAIN OVERWHELMS THE PHILISTINES WITH THE HELP OF YHWH (2 SAMUEL 5:17). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, th...
CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no fear what hosts of men or demons can...
2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...
_And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David._ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED 1. Now the tide fairly turned in David’s history, and that, instead of a sad chronicle of hardship and disappointment, the...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:22 It may be that the SOUND OF MARCHING was a distinct sound caused by the Lord that frightened the Philistines (as in 2 Kings 7:6). Anoth
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the account f...
EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 5:1 THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of more than five...
Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said, Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...
1 Chronicles 14:13; 1 Kings 20:22...
And spread themselves — The expression intimates, that they were very numerous, and made a very formidable appearance. So we read, Revelation 20:9, of the church's enemies going up on the breadth of t...