2 Samuel 5:25 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Gebaf until thou come to Gazer. ”

2 Samuel 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Geba - Better, as in marginal reference “Gibeon.” Gazer should be “Gezer” ( Joshua 10:33 , etc.); it lay between the nether Bethhoron and the sea; on the direct route therefore which the Philisti...
2 Samuel 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to (h) Gazer. (h) Which was in the tribe of Benjamin, but the Philistines possessed it.
2 Samuel 5:25 - 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 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

as . according as. Geba . Abbreviation for "Gibeon". Compare Septuagint, and 1 Chronicles 14:16 .
2 Samuel 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. And David did so - He punctually obeyed the directions of the Lord, and then every thing...
2 Samuel 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. Geba until thou come to Gazer. For Geba, see the notes at 1 Samuel 14:1-52 :; G...
2 Samuel 5:25 - 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 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

From Geba... to Gazer. — In the parallel passage ( 1 Chronicles 14:16 ) it is “from Gibeon to Gazer.” One or the other is a slip of the scribe, and there can be little question that Gibeon is the t...
2 Samuel 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And David did so as the Lord commanded him ,.... In all things he was obedient to the command of God; Saul was not: he got behind the army of the Philistines, as he was directed; and when he heard t...
2 Samuel 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. Ver. 25. To Gazer. ] Which was a city of the Philistines, saith Josephus.
2 Samuel 5:25 - 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 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Defeats the Philistines. B. C. 1046. 17 But when the Philistines heard that they...
2 Samuel 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They followed their victory, and pursued them to their own borders, in which Gazer was, as Josephus relates.
2 Samuel 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - 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 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Two Victories of David over the Philistines
2 Samuel 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 14:16 ; Joshua 16:10

2 Samuel 5:25 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 5:25 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:25 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:25 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:25 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:25 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:25 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:25 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge