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the Week of Proper 6 / Ordinary 11
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Good News Translation

2 Samuel 5:22

Then the Philistines went back to Rephaim Valley and occupied it again.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Philistines;   Prayer;   Rephaim;   War;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rephaim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ahijah;   Giants;   Philistia;   Rephaim, Valley of;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Israel;   Philistines;   Rephaim;   Samuel, Books of;   Titans;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rephaim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Philis'tines;   Reph'a-Im, the Valley of,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Rephaim, Vale of;   Samuel, Books of;   Titans;   War;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - David;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The Philistines came up again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Hebrew Names Version
The Pelishtim came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.
King James Version
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Lexham English Bible
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
English Standard Version
And the Philistines came up yet again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Century Version
Once again the Philistines came and camped at the Valley of Rephaim.
New English Translation
The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
Amplified Bible
The Philistines came up once again and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Philistines came up once again and overran the Valley of Rephaim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Againe the Philistims came vp, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the Philistines yet again came up and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
Contemporary English Version
Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley.
Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim came up again and deployed in the Refa'im Valley.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Easy-to-Read Version
Again the Philistines came up and camped in Rephaim Valley.
George Lamsa Translation
And the Philistines came up yet again and encamped in the Valley of the Giants.
Literal Translation
And the Philistines again came up and were spread out in the Valley of the Giants.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Neuerthelesse the Philistynes wente vp agayne, and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim.
American Standard Version
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Bible in Basic English
And the Philistines came up again, and went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the Philistines came yet againe, and layde them selues in the valley of Rephaim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
King James Version (1611)
And the Philistines came vp yet againe, and spread themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines came up yet again, and assembled in the valley of Giants.
English Revised Version
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Berean Standard Bible
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Filisteis addiden yit, that thei schulden stie, and thei weren spred abrood in the valey of Raphaym.
Young's Literal Translation
And the Philistines add again to come up, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim,
Update Bible Version
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the Philistines came yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
World English Bible
The Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
New King James Version
Then the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Living Translation
But after a while the Philistines returned and again spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
New Life Bible
The Philistines came up again, and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
New Revised Standard
Once again the Philistines came up, and were spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, yet again, did the Philistines come up, - and they spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistines came up again and spread themselves into the valley of Raphaim.
Revised Standard Version
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim.
THE MESSAGE
Later there was a repeat performance. The Philistines came up again and deployed their troops in the Rephaim Valley. David again prayed to God . This time God said, "Don't attack them head-on. Instead, circle around behind them and ambush them from the grove of sacred trees. When you hear the sound of shuffling in the trees, get ready to move out. It's a signal that God is going ahead of you to smash the Philistine camp." David did exactly what God told him. He routed the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Philistines came up once again and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Contextual Overview

17 The Philistines were told that David had been made king of Israel, so their army set out to capture him. When David heard of it, he went down to a fortified place. 18 The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it. 19 David asked the Lord , "Shall I attack the Philistines? Will you give me the victory?" "Yes, attack!" the Lord answered. "I will give you the victory!" 20 So David went to Baal Perazim and there he defeated the Philistines. He said, "The Lord has broken through my enemies like a flood." And so that place is called Baal Perazim. 21 When the Philistines fled, they left their idols behind, and David and his men carried them away. 22 Then the Philistines went back to Rephaim Valley and occupied it again. 23 Once more David consulted the Lord , who answered, "Don't attack them from here, but go around and get ready to attack them from the other side, near the balsam trees. 24 When you hear the sound of marching in the treetops, then attack because I will be marching ahead of you to defeat the Philistine army." 25 David did what the Lord had commanded, and was able to drive the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

came up: 1 Kings 20:22, 1 Chronicles 14:13

Reciprocal: Genesis 14:5 - Rephaims Joshua 15:8 - valley of the giants Joshua 17:15 - giants 2 Samuel 21:15 - the Philistines 2 Samuel 23:13 - the valley 1 Chronicles 11:15 - in the Psalms 84:6 - Baca Isaiah 17:5 - the valley

Cross-References

Genesis 5:5
and died at the age of 930.
Genesis 5:6
When Seth was 105, he had a son, Enosh,
Genesis 5:24
He spent his life in fellowship with God, and then he disappeared, because God took him away.
Genesis 6:9
This is the story of Noah. He had three sons, Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Noah had no faults and was the only good man of his time. He lived in fellowship with God,
Genesis 17:1
When Abram was ninety-nine years old, the Lord appeared to him and said, "I am the Almighty God. Obey me and always do what is right.
Genesis 24:40
He answered, ‘The Lord , whom I have always obeyed, will send his angel with you and give you success. You will get for my son a wife from my own people, from my father's family.
Genesis 48:15
Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them!
Exodus 16:4
The Lord said to Moses, "Now I am going to cause food to rain down from the sky for all of you. The people must go out every day and gather enough for that day. In this way I can test them to find out if they will follow my instructions.
Leviticus 26:12
I will be with you; I will be your God, and you will be my people.
Deuteronomy 5:33
Obey them all, so that everything will go well with you and so that you will continue to live in the land that you are going to occupy.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the Philistines came up yet again,.... And, as Josephus says z, with an army three times larger than the former:

and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim; in the same place where they were before, 2 Samuel 5:20.

z Antiqu. l. 7. c. 4. sect. 1.


 
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