2 Samuel 23:14
and David [is] then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem,
Young's Literal 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 dieth, and is buried in the way to Ephratha, which [is] Bethlehem,
1 Samuel 13:4And all Israel have heard, saying, 'Saul hath smitten the garrison of the Philistines,' and also, 'Israel hath been abhorred by the Philistines;' and the people are called after Saul to Gilgal.
1 Samuel 14:6And Jonathan saith unto the young man bearing his weapons, 'Come, and we pass over unto the station of these uncircumcised; it may be Jehovah doth work for us, for there is no restraint to Jehovah to save by many or by few.'
1 Samuel 22:4and he leadeth them before the king of Moab, and they dwell with him all the days of David's being in the fortress.
2 Samuel 5:17And the Philistines hear that they have anointed David for king over Israel, and all the Philistines come up to seek David, and David heareth, and goeth down unto the fortress,
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 →