2 Samuel 5:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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, and went down to the hold. ”

2 Samuel 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The hold - Not the same place which is so named in 2Sa 5:7 , 2 Samuel 5:9 , but probably the cave (or hold) of Adullam 2 Samuel 23:13 . The invasion most probably took place before David had...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

seek . Compare 1 Samuel 26:2 . hold . Probably Adullam. 1 Samuel 22:1 . Not Zion, because he went "down "to it.
2 Samuel 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 , and went down to the hold. The Philistines came up to...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, and went down to the hold. When the Philistines...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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.
2 Samuel 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

When the Philistines heard. — After this general summary, the narrative goes back to take up detailed events in their order. First comes an attack of the Philistines. Their attention had naturally...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VII. THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED. 2 Samuel 5:10-25 . 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...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jehovah's Victories over the Philistines 2 Samuel 5:13-25 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 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(17) В¶ 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, and went down to the hold. (18) The Philistines...
2 Samuel 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel ,.... That the civil war in the nation was now at an end, which they hoped would have issued in their destruction, and th...
2 Samuel 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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], and went down to the hold. Ver. 17. Came up to see...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the Philistines came up to seek David They raised all the forces they were able, to come up to David, and fight him before he was settled in his new kingdom. While the civil war subsisted betwe...
2 Samuel 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Defeats the Philistines. B. C. 1046. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whilst the civil war lasted between the houses of Saul and David, they wisely forbore all hostilities, and left them to tear out one another's bowels, that afterwards they might make a more easy conq...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Once Again Overwhelms The Philistines With The Help Of YHWH ( 2 Samuel 5:17-25 ). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all I...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 a...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 t...
2 Samuel 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

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,...
2 Samuel 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 mo...
2 Samuel 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But when the Philistines heard that they, the people of Israel, had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines, all the armies of the confederate city-states, came up to seek David, mar...
2 Samuel 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:16 ; 1 Chronicles 14:8 ; 1 Chronicles 14:9 ; 2 Samuel 23:14 ; Psalms 2:1-5 ; Revelation 11:15-18
2 Samuel 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The hold — To some fortified place to which his people might conveniently resort from all places, and where he might intrench his army, which lay towards the Philistines.

2 Samuel 5:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 5:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes