2 Samuel 5:18

Rephaim. The descendants of the Nephilim through one "Rapha". See App-23 and App-25. Compare 1 Chronicles 11:15.

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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 growi...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Valley of Rephaim - i:e., of giants ( 2 Samuel 5:18 ; 2 Samuel 5:2...
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 l...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The valley of Rephaim ] a valley SW. of Jerusalem, separated by a slight, rocky ridge from the valley of Hinnom.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Rephaim. — Translated in Joshua 15:8 , the valley of the giants. It was a fruitful valley, stretching some three miles S. and S.W. from Jerusale...
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 appointme...
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 spran...
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 mag...
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 i...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Or "of the giants", as Joshua 15:8 ; which lay to the west of Jerusalem;...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Ver. 18. In the valley of Rephaim. ] Of the Titans or giants, as the Sep...
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 f...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Defeats the Philistines. B. C. 1046....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Or, of the giants ; which lay westward from Jerusalem, and so was the ready way to Jerusalem, which it seems they designed to take.
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 Philistin...
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 Is...
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....
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...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Two Victories of David over the Philistines
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in, occupied and used for their camp, the Valley of Rephaim, a fruitful plain southwest of Jerusale...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:15 ; 2 Samuel 23:13 ; Genesis 14:5 ; Isaiah 17:5 ; Joshua 15:8

¹⁸ The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 5:18

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:18