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Selected Verse: 2 Samuel 5:22 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 2Sa 5:22 |
King James |
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| the Philistines came up yet again--The next year they renewed their hostile attempt with a larger force, but God manifestly interposed in David's favor. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| And spread themselves - The expression intimates, that they were very numerous, and made a very formidable appearance. So we read, Rev 20:9, of the church's enemies going up on the breadth of the earth. But the wider they spread themselves, the fairer mark they are for God's arrows. |
9 And they went up on the breadth of the earth, and compassed the camp of the saints about, and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven, and devoured them.