“ And there they left their images, and David and his men burnede them. ”
And there they left their images - An indication of the precipitancy of their flight, and the suddenness with which the Israelites burst upon them like a “breach of waters.” The King James Versio...
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...
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. They left their images - It was the custom of most nations to carry their gods with them to battle: in imitation of this custom th...
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. There they left their images - probably their lares or household deities, which they had brought into the field to fight f...
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.
Their images. — The Philistines took their idols with them to battle, as the Israelites had formerly taken the ark, and the suddenness and completeness of their defeat is shown by their leaving the...
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...
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 ;...
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...
(20) 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 B...
And they left their images ,.... Their idol gods, which they brought with them to protect and defend them, and give them success; perhaps in imitation of the Israelites, who formerly brought the ark...
And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. Ver. 21. And there they left their images ] Heb., Their terrors. a The Chaldee hath it, Their errors. See Psalms 16:4 . See...
And there they left their images Their gods, which they had brought into the field with them to be carried before their host. Such was the consternation into which they were thrown. Thus we read,...
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...
David Defeats the Philistines. B. C. 1046. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they...
Their images they seem to have brought into the field to fight for them, as the Israelites had formerly done the ark. David burned them, as God had commanded, Deuteronomy 7:5 .
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...
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 5:2 . 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...
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,...
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...
Two Victories of David over the Philistines
1 Chronicles 14:11 ; 1 Chronicles 14:12 ; 1 Samuel 5:2-6 ; Deuteronomy 7:25 ; Deuteronomy 7:5 ; Isaiah 37:19 ; Isaiah 46:1 ; Isaiah 46:2 ; Jeremiah 43:12
Images — When the ark fell into the hand of the Philistines, it consumed them: but when these images fell into the hands of Israel, they could not save themselves from being consumed.