2 Samuel 5:18 NLT,NIV,ESV

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:1-25

2 Samuel 5:2 . Thou shalt feed my people. Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they came to place David on the throne of all Israel. 2 Samuel 5:6 . Went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites. This city is called Jebus, Judges 19:10; and Salem, Genesis 14:18. Psalms 76:2. The lower part of it, falling to the lot of Judah, was taken and burnt; but the upper part falling to the lot... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 5:11-22

2 Samuel 5:11-22And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David.The kingdom established1. Now the tide fairly turned in David’s history, and that, instead of a sad chronicle of hardship and disappointment, the record of his reign becomes one of unmingled success and prosperity. The fact is far from an unusual one in the history of men’s lives. How often, even in the ease of men who have become eminent, has the first stage of life been one of disappointment and sorrow, and the last part one of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:18

2Sa 5:18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Ver. 18. In the valley of Rephaim. ] Of the Titans or giants, as the Septuagint rendereth it; or, "Of the dead." Psa 7:13 God had against these Philistine Theomachi; was "preparing for them the instruments of death," and would ere long lay them in that slimy valley where were many already like them. and more should come after them. Job 21:31-32 read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 2 Samuel 5:18

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 read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:17-25

WARS WITH THE PHILISTINE, 2 Samuel 5:17-25. While David reigned, at Hebron, the Philistines, with whom he had so recently been in league, saw no occasion to molest him. They probably considered him as an enemy to the mass of the Israelites, and took no trouble to watch his movements; but when all Israel accepted him as king, and the ancient stronghold of the Jebusites fell into his power, they became alarmed, and gathered their forces for a most determined war against him. Then, doubtless, they... read more