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2 Samuel 5:18

Now the Philistines had arrived and spread 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.
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

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. 18 Now the Philistines had arrived and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 19 So David asked the Lord , "Should I march up against the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?" The Lord said to David, "March up, for I will indeed hand the Philistines over to you." 20 So David marched against Baal Perazim and defeated them there. Then he said, "The Lord has burst out against my enemies like water bursts out." So he called the name of that place Baal Perazim. 21 The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men picked them up. 22 The Philistines again came up and spread out in the valley of Rephaim. 23 So David asked the Lord what he should do. This time the Lord said to him, "Don't march straight up. Instead, circle around behind them and come against them opposite the trees. 24 When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the trees, act decisively. For at that moment the Lord is going before you to strike down the army of the Philistines." 25 David did just as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.

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
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 5:14
The entire lifetime of Kenan was 910 years, and then he died.
Genesis 5:15
When Mahalalel had lived 65 years, he became the father of Jared.
1 Chronicles 1:3
Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,
Luke 3:37
the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Kenan,

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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