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The Valley of Giants
Commentators explain that the "valley of Rephaim," also known as the "valley of the giants," was a large, strategic plain just southwest of Jerusalem. The Philistines' ability to encamp there in such large numbers highlights the immediate and serious military threat David faced right after unifying the kingdom.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 5:18
19th Century
Bishop
Rephaim. —Translated in Joshua 15:8, the valley of the giants. It was a fruitful valley, stretching some three miles S. a…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Samuel 5:17–20
19th Century
Preacher
And David heard of it, and went down to the hold. The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And David enquired …
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 5:18
17th Century
Pastor
The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Or "of the giants", as (Joshua 15:8…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 5:17–25
17th Century
Minister
The Philistines did not consider that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soo…