2 Samuel 5 · Verse 18

2 Samuel 5:18

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:18, King James Version

2 Samuel 5:18 in other translations

BSBNow the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
WEBNow the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
ASVNow the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
YLTand the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
DARBYAnd the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
BBEAnd when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.
WebsterThe Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

What does 2 Samuel 5:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
18. 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:17-25

The Philistines considered not that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soon as it was set up in the world, was thus attacked by the powers of darkness. The heathen raged, and the kings of the earth set themselves to oppose it; but all in vain, Psa 2:1, &c. The destruction will turn, as this did, upon Satan's own kingdom. David owns dependence on…

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2 Samuel 5:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖יםu.fe.lish.Timand [the] PhilistinesH6430
בָּ֑אוּBa.'uthey cameH935
וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.Shuand they were spread outH5203
בְּעֵ֥מֶקbe.'E.mekin [the] valley ofH6010
רְפָאִֽים\׃re.fa.'ImRephaimH7497

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Cross references for 2 Samuel 5:18

  • Joshua 15:8

    And the border went up by the valley of the son of Hinnom unto the south side of the Jebusite; the same is Jerusalem: and the border went up to the top of the mountain that lieth before the valley of Hinnom westward, which is at the end of the valley of the giants northward:

  • Genesis 14:5

    And in the fourteenth year came Chedorlaomer, and the kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaveh Kiriathaim,

  • Joshua 17:15

    And Joshua answered them, If thou be a great people, then get thee up to the wood country, and cut down for thyself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the giants, if mount Ephraim be too narrow for thee.

  • 2 Samuel 23:13

    And three of the thirty chief went down, and came to David in the harvest time unto the cave of Adullam: and the troop of the Philistines pitched in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Isaiah 17:5

    And it shall be as when the harvestman gathereth the corn, and reapeth the ears with his arm; and it shall be as he that gathereth ears in the valley of Rephaim.

  • Joshua 18:16

    And the border came down to the end of the mountain that lieth before the valley of the son of Hinnom, and which is in the valley of the giants on the north, and descended to the valley of Hinnom, to the side of Jebusi on the south, and descended to En–rogel,

  • 1 Chronicles 11:15

    Now three of the thirty captains went down to the rock to David, into the cave of Adullam; and the host of the Philistines encamped in the valley of Rephaim.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the valley.
23:13; Ge 14:5; Jos 15:8; 1Ch 11:15; Isa 17:5

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Context

  • 2 Samuel 5:17

    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.

  • 2 Samuel 5:18

    The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

  • 2 Samuel 5:19

    And David enquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

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2 Samuel 5:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y vinieron los Filisteos, y extendiéronse por el valle de Raphaim.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les Philistins vinrent et se répandirent dans la vallée des Rephaïm.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Philister kamen und breiteten sich aus im Tale Rephaim.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Philisthiim autem venientes diffusi sunt in valle Raphaim.