| Verse | Translation | Text |
| 2Sa 5:18 | Strong Concordance | The Philistines [06430] also came [0935] and spread [05203] themselves in the valley [06010] of Rephaim [07497]. |
| King James | The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| valley of Rephaim--that is, "of giants," a broad and fertile plain, which descends gradually from the central mountains towards the northwest. It was the route by which they marched against Jerusalem. The "hold" to which David went down "was some fortified place where he might oppose the progress of the invaders," and where he signally defeated them. |