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Text -- 2 Samuel 5:15-25 (NET)
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5:15 Ibhar , Elishua , Nepheg , Japhia ,
5:16 Elishama , Eliada , and Eliphelet .
Conflict with the Philistines
5:17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel , they all went up to search for David . When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress .
5:18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim .
5:19 So David asked the Lord , “Should I march up against the Philistines ? Will you hand them over to me?” The Lord said to David , “March up , for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you.”
5:20 So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there . Then he said , “The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out .” So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim .
5:21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there , and David and his men picked them up .
5:22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim .
5:23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, “Don’t march straight up . Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees .
5:24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees , act decisively . For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines .”
5:25 David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Philistines |
Lamentations, Book of |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
REPHAIM, THE VALLEY OF |
Prayer |
David |
Rephaim, Valley of |
Rain |
Elishama |
PALESTINE, 2 |
Armies |
War |
Elishua |
Ibhar |
URIM AND THUMMIM |
BACA |
Nepheg |
Geba |
God |
Baal-perazim |
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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:23 Some translate as “balsam trees” (cf. NASB, NIV, NRSV, NJB, NLT); cf. KJV, NKJV, ASV “mulberry trees”; NAB “mastic trees...
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