2 Samuel 5:17

And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold.

In Context

16and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet.

18Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 21:15And the Philistines had war again with Israel; and David went down, and his servants with him, and fought against the Philistines; and David waxed faint.

1 Chronicles 11:16And David was then in the stronghold, and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Beth-lehem.

Psalms 2:1Why are the nations in an uproar? And why do the peoples mutter in vain?

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:12-17

David's Children. ( b. c. 1046.) 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David a house. 12 And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in… Read the whole commentary →

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