2 Samuel 23:13

Three of the thirty soldiers went down to David at harvest time, to the cave of Adullam. The army of the Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.

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And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

In Context

12But Shammah stood in the middle of the field and defended it. He killed the Philistines, and Yahweh brought about a great victory.

14At that time David was in his stronghold, a cave, while the Philistines had established at Bethlehem.

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Cross References

Joshua 15:35Jarmuth, Adullam, Sokoh, Azekah,

2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 11:15Then three of the thirty leaders went down to the rock to David, to the cave of Adullam. The army of the Philistines was camped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Isaiah 17:5It will be as when a harvester gathers the standing grain, and his arm reaps the heads of grain. 1 It will be as when one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim. 1

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 →

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