2 Samuel 5:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The mulberry trees - Rather, the Bacah-tree, and found abundantly near Mecca. It is very like the balsam-tree, and probably derives its name from the exudation of the sap in drops like tears when...
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when David inquired 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. Fetch a compass behind them - When they may...
2 Samuel 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when David inquired 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. No JFB commentary on this verse.
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall not go up. — The enemy, on the same battle-expound, would have prepared for attack from the same direction as before; consequently David is directed to go round them and attack them unexpecte...
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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, a...
2 Samuel 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And when David inquired of the Lord ,.... For though he had success before, and got the victory, he would not engage again with them without having the mind and will of God, on whom he knew victory...
2 Samuel 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 23. But fetch a compass behind them....
2 Samuel 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 bre...
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Defeats the Philistines. B. C. 1046. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they...
2 Samuel 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt not go up, to wit, directly against them, as the following words explain it. Over against the mulberry trees, where they least expect thee. God's purposes and promises do not exclude m...
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - 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 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself. The special meaning of common things What a different world this would be if we be...
2 Samuel 5:23 - 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 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Two Victories of David over the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 14:14 ; 2 Samuel 5:19 ; John 9:6 ; John 9:7 ; Joshua 8:2 ; Joshua 8:7 ; Matthew 8:23-25 ; Matthew 9:29 ; Matthew 9:30
2 Samuel 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Go up — Directly against them, as the following words explain it. Behind — Where they least expect thee; God's purposes and promises do not exclude men's endeavours.

2 Samuel 5:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:23 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:23 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:23 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:23 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes