2 Samuel 5:20 NIV

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 5:20

And David came to Baalperazim ,.... As it was after called, for here it has its name by anticipation, and whither the Philistines were come from the valley of Rephaim; see 1 Chronicles 14:11 ; which was at no great distance, the one being the hill, to which the other was the valley, computed to be about three miles from Jerusalem, in the way to Bethlehem F21 Bunting's Travels, &c.; p. 138. , between which places were two hours' travels F23 Maundrell's Journey from Aleppo,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:20

The Lord hath broken forth - He very properly attributes the victory of Jehovah, without whose strength and counsel he could have done nothing. Baal-perazim - The plain or chief of breaches, because of the breach which God made in the Philistine army; and thus he commemorated the interference of the Lord. 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 5:17-20

( 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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:20

Baal-Perazim; literally, possessor of breaches, that is, the place where the attack burst forth. It is called Mount Perazim, "the hill of breaches," in Psalms 28:1-9 :21, and as we have seen, it was the rocky height on the north of the valley of Rephaim. David must, therefore, have stolen round the army of the Philistines, creeping, probably by night, up to this ridge of Ben-Hinnom, and thence at the dawn of day have rushed down upon the camp. And his onset was sudden and irresistible,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 5:20

Baal-perazim - Master or possessor of breaches, equivalent to place of breaches. It was on a hill near Gibeon (see the marginal reference). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:20

2 Samuel 5:20. David came to Baal-perazim For thither the Philistines marched from Rephaim, where they first pitched; as appears from 1 Chronicles 14:11. Hath broken forth upon mine enemies as the breach of waters Hath overpowered and scattered them, as waters, when they make a breach in a bank, overflow and carry all before them. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim That is, The master of the breaches. Thus ascribing all to God, and giving the place this name, that... 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 5:20

broken forth . Figure of speech Anthropopatheia. App-6 . read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:11-25

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:17-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 5:20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:20

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:1-25

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:20

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