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Listen for God's Signal
Commentators explain that the 'sound of marching' was a specific, divine signal for David to attack. It wasn't just wind, but a supernatural sign—perhaps the sound of angelic armies—that God was moving. This teaches the importance of waiting for God's clear guidance and timing before acting, rather than rushing ahead with our own plans.
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2 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 5:24
19th Century
Bishop
The sound of a going. —After David has gone to the rear of his enemies, he is to wait by “the mulberry trees,” or, as now generall…
Charles Spurgeon
On 2 Samuel 5:22–24
19th Century
Preacher
And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 5:24
17th Century
Pastor
And let it be, when you hear the sound of a going in the
tops of the mulberry trees
O…
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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…