2 Samuel 5:17 KJV

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

The particular service for which David was raised up was to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, 2 Sam. 3:18. This therefore divine Providence, in the first place, gives him an opportunity of accomplishing. Two great victories obtained over the Philistines we have here an account of, by which David not only balanced the disgrace and retrieved the loss Israel had sustained in the battle wherein Saul was slain, but went far towards the total subduing of those vexatious neighbours, the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17

But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel ,.... That the civil war in the nation was now at an end, which they hoped would have issued in their destruction, and therefore lay still and quiet; but now being united under the government of David, and he hereby greatly strengthened and become powerful; and hearing also of his success against Jerusalem, and the friendship he had contracted with Hiram king of Tyre, they thought it was high time to bestir... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:17

The Philistines came up to seek David - Ever since the defeat of the Israelites and the fall of Saul and his sons, the Philistines seem to have been in undisturbed possession of the principal places in the land of Israel; now, finding that David was chosen king by the whole nation, they thought best to attack him before his army got too numerous, and the affairs of the kingdom were properly settled. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:11-25

The facts are: 1 . The King of Tyre, being friendly with David, supplies him with means of building his house on Mount Zion. 2 . David regards the varied successes of his enterprises as confirmation of his belief that he was indeed appointed by God to reign over Israel. 3 . He establishes a court on a larger scale, after Oriental style. 4 . The Philistines, hearing of his accession to the throne, prepare for an attack upon him, whereupon he seeks guidance of God, defeats them... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17

But when the Philistines heard. After the battle of Gilboa the Philistines became the virtual rulers of much of the country west of the Jordan, and probably even David and Judah paid them tribute. On its eastern bank, though Abner kept them from molesting Ishbosheth's kingdom, yet the rule of Saul's house in Ephraim and Benjamin must have been nominal only, and the Philistines would have seen him with pleasure wasting his strength in civil war. After Ishbosheth's death they had tightened... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17-20

( 1 Chronicles 14:8-11 ). ( THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM .) Victory over the Philistines. ( References: 2 Samuel 8:1 , 2 Samuel 8:12 ; 2 Samuel 21:15 , 2 Samuel 21:18 , 2 Samuel 21:19 ; 2 Samuel 23:9 , 2 Samuel 23:11 , 2 Samuel 23:13 ; 1 Kings 2:39 .) "Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-Perazim" ( 2 Samuel 5:20 ). So long as David reigned over a single tribe and was at war with the house of Saul, he was left unmolested by the Philistines ( 1 Samuel... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 5:17

The hold - Not the same place which is so named in 2Sa 5:7, 2 Samuel 5:9, but probably the cave (or hold) of Adullam 2 Samuel 23:13. The invasion most probably took place before David had completed his buildings in the city of David; and is probably referred to in 2 Samuel 23:8-17. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:17

2 Samuel 5:17. All the Philistines came up to seek David They raised all the forces they were able, to come up to David, and fight him before he was settled in his new kingdom. While the civil war subsisted between the partisans of David and Ish-bosheth, the Philistines contented themselves with being calm spectators of their mutual ravages and conflicts, which naturally tended to their mutual destruction; but when all these were ended in their unanimous election of David to the throne, and... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:1-25

5:1-10:19 DAVID ESTABLISHES HIS KINGDOMConquest of Jerusalem (5:1-25)All the tribes of Israel now sent a representative force of soldiers to Hebron to present themselves to David, their new king (5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 12:23-40). The two-year civil war had now finished, and for the next five and a half years David reigned in Hebron over a unified Israel (4-5; cf. 2:10-11).David probably realized that so long as he remained in the territory of his own tribe in the south, the northern tribes would... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:17

seek . Compare 1 Samuel 26:2 . hold . Probably Adullam. 1 Samuel 22:1 . Not Zion, because he went "down "to it. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:11-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17-20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 5:17

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:17

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