2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in the stronghold; and the Philistines' garrison was then at Bethlehem.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And David was then in an hold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 35:19And Rachel died, and was buried on the way to Ephrath, which [is] Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard say, Saul has smitten the garrison of the Philistines, and Israel also has become odious to the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Gilgal.
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour, Come, and let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised: perhaps Jehovah will work for us; for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.
1 Samuel 22:4And he brought them before the king of Moab; and they abode with him all the while that David was in the stronghold.
2 Samuel 5:17And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard [of it], and went down to the stronghold.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:9-39
David's Mighty Men. ( b. c. 1054.) 8 These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, whom he slew at one time. 9 And after him was Eleazar the son of Dodo the Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David, when they defied the Philistines that were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel were gone away: 10 He arose, and smote the Philistines until his… Read the whole commentary →