2 Samuel 5:17
And, when the Philistine heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel, then came up all the Philistines to seek to secure David, and David heard of it, and went down into the citadel.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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In Context
16and Elishama and Eliada, and Eliphalet.
18Now, the Philistines, had come,—and had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.
Cross References
2 Samuel 21:15And the Philistines had yet again a war with Israel,—so David went down, and his servants with him, and fought the Philistines, and David became faint.
1 Chronicles 11:16Now, David, then was in the stronghold,—and, a garrison of Philistines, then was in Bethlehem.
Psalms 2:1Wherefore have nations assembled in tumult? Or should, peoples, mutter an empty thing?
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 →