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2 Samuel 5:18

So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. Now the Pelishtim had come and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im. The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come, and they spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread out [for battle] in the Valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines came and overran the Valley of Rephaim. But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley. The P'lishtim came and deployed in the Refa'im Valley. And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. The Philistines came and camped in Rephaim Valley. The Philistines also came and encamped in the Valley of Giants. The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it. And the Philistines came and were spread out in the Valley of the Giants. But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim. And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. The Philistines also came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim. And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. Forsothe Filisteis camen, and weren spred abrood in the valei of Raphaym. and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim. The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim. The Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. Now, the Philistines, had come, - and had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim. And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim. Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim. and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the Valley of Rephaim. Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Philistines;   Rain;   Rephaim;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Philistines, the;   Rephaim, or Giants, the;   Valleys;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Rephaim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Philistia, philistines;   Rephaim;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   Valley;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Giants;   Philistia;   Rephaim, Valley of;   Saul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Philistines, the;   Samuel, Books of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - David;   Israel;   Rephaim;   Samuel, Books of;   Solomon;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Rephaim, Valley of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Rephaim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Giants,;   Philis'tines;   Reph'a-Im, the Valley of,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adullam;   Rephaim, Vale of;   Samuel, Books of;   Titans;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Rephaim, Vale of;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Hebrew Names Version
Now the Pelishtim had come and spread themselves in the valley of Refa'im.
King James Version
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Lexham English Bible
Now the Philistines had come, and they spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
English Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Century Version
The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
New English Translation
Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
Amplified Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread out [for battle] in the Valley of Rephaim.
New American Standard Bible
Now the Philistines came and overran the Valley of Rephaim.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
Contemporary English Version
So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.
Complete Jewish Bible
The P'lishtim came and deployed in the Refa'im Valley.
Darby Translation
And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Easy-to-Read Version
The Philistines came and camped in Rephaim Valley.
George Lamsa Translation
The Philistines also came and encamped in the Valley of Giants.
Good News Translation
The Philistines arrived at Rephaim Valley and occupied it.
Literal Translation
And the Philistines came and were spread out in the Valley of the Giants.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But the Philistynas came and scatered them selues beneth in the valley of Rephaim.
American Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Bible in Basic English
And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when the Philistines came, they spread them selues in the valley of Raphaim.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
King James Version (1611)
The Philistines also came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines came, and assembled in the valley of the giants.
English Revised Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Berean Standard Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Filisteis camen, and weren spred abrood in the valei of Raphaym.
Young's Literal Translation
and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
Update Bible Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
Webster's Bible Translation
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
World English Bible
Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
New King James Version
The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
New Living Translation
The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
New Life Bible
The Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.
New Revised Standard
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Now, the Philistines, had come, - and had spread themselves out in the vale of Rephaim.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim.
Revised Standard Version
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Reph'aim.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.

Contextual Overview

17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 17 When the Pelishtim heard that they had anointed David king over Yisra'el, all the Pelishtim went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold. 17 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. 17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David, but David heard and went down to the stronghold. 17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 17 When the Philistines heard that David had been made king over Israel, all the Philistines went to look for him. But when David heard the news, he went down to the stronghold. 17 When the Philistines heard that David had been designated king over Israel, they all went up to search for David. When David heard about it, he went down to the fortress. 17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to look for him, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard about it, he went down to the stronghold. 17 But when the Philistims hearde that they had anoynted Dauid King ouer Israel, all the Philistims came vp to seeke Dauid: and when Dauid heard, he went downe to a fort.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the valley: 2 Samuel 23:13, Genesis 14:5, Joshua 15:8, 1 Chronicles 11:15, Isaiah 17:5

Reciprocal: Joshua 17:15 - giants 2 Samuel 21:16 - the giant 2 Samuel 22:38 - General 1 Chronicles 14:9 - the valley

Cross-References

Genesis 4:17
Kayin knew his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Hanokh. He built a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Hanokh.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife; and she conceived, and bare Enoch: and he builded a city, and called the name of the city, after the name of his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:17
And Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch. And when he built a city he named the city after his son, Enoch.
Genesis 4:17
He had sexual relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. At that time Cain was building a city, which he named after his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:17
Cain had marital relations with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to Enoch. Cain was building a city, and he named the city after his son Enoch.
Genesis 4:17
Cain knew his wife [one of Adam's descendants] and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city and named it Enoch, after the name of his son.
Genesis 4:17
Cain had relations with his wife and she conceived, and gave birth to Enoch; and Cain built a city, and named the city Enoch, after the name of his son.
Genesis 4:17
Kain also knewe his wife, which conceiued and bare Henoch: and he built a citie, and called the name of the citie by ye name of his sonne, Henoch.
Genesis 4:17
Then Cain knew his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to Enoch; and he built a city and called the name of the city Enoch, after the name of his son.
Genesis 4:17
Later, Cain and his wife had a son named Enoch. At the time Cain was building a town, and so he named it Enoch after his son.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Or "of the giants", as Joshua 15:8; which lay to the west of Jerusalem; of which, Joshua 15:8- :; the Philistines spreading themselves in it, shows that they were very numerous.


 
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