2Sa 5:16-25 - Commentary

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Text -- 2 Samuel 5:16-25 (NET)

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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:

· Baal a pagan god,a title of a pagan god,a town in the Negeb on the border of Simeon and Judah,son of Reaiah son of Micah; a descendant of Reuben,the forth son of Jeiel, the Benjamite

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Eliada father of Rezon, king of Damascus in Solomon's time,son of David born in Jerusalem,a Benjamite commander under Jehoshaphat

· Elishama son of Ammihud of Ephraim; Moses' deputy over Ephraim,Elishama I; son of David,son of David; Elishama II,son of Jekamiah of Judah,grandfather of Ishmael who killed Gedaliah; the father of Nethaniah,a man who was the secretary of King Jehoiakim,a priest whom King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law in Judah

· Geba a town of Judah 8 km north of Jerusalem, 5 km east of Gibeon (SMM)

· Gezer a town of Ephraim 25 km SE of Joppa & 12 km NW of Beth-Shemesh

· Israel a citizen of Israel.,a member of the nation of Israel

· Philistines a sea people coming from Crete in 1200BC to the coast of Canaan

· Rephaim a tall ancient people in the land east of the Jordan,a fertile valley on the boundary of Judah and Benjamin (OS)

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NET Notes: 2Sa 5:17 Heb “all the Philistines.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 5:19 The infinitive absolute lends emphasis to the following verb.

NET Notes: 2Sa 5:20 The name means “Lord of the outbursts.”

NET Notes: 2Sa 5:21 For “idols” the LXX and Vulgate have “gods.”

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...

NET Notes: 2Sa 5:24 Heb “camp” (so NAB).

NET Notes: 2Sa 5:25 Heb “from Gibeon until you enter Gezer.”

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