2 Samuel 23:14
And David was then in a hold. and there was a garrison of the Philistines then in Bethlehem.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 35:19So Rachel died, and was buried in the highway that leadeth to Ephrata, that is Bethlehem.
1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel heard this report: Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines: and Israel took courage against the Philistines. And the people were called together after Saul to Galgal.
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan said to the young man that bore his armour: Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised, it may be the Lord will do for us, because it is easy for the Lord to save either by many, or by few.
1 Samuel 22:4And he left them under the eyes of the king of Moab, and they abode with him all the days that David was in the hold.
2 Samuel 5:17And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel: and they all came to seek David: and when David heard of it, he went down to a strong hold.
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 →