2 Samuel 5:18 “Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.”

2 Samuel 5:18

Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

World English Bible

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

American Standard Version

Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Geneva Bible 1599

But the Philistims came, and spred themselues in the valley of Rephaim.

Darby Translation

And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.

Young's Literal Translation

and the Philistines have come, and are spread out in the valley of Rephaim.

Bible in Basic English

And when the Philistines came, they went in every direction in the valley of Rephaim.

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Cross references

“the valley”

Joshua 15:8 2 Samuel 23:13 Genesis 14:5 Isaiah 17:5 1 Chronicles 11:15

Joshua 15:8 · BSB

From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end o…

2 Samuel 23:13 · BSB

At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Genesis 14:5 · BSB

In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

Isaiah 17:5 · BSB

as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.

1 Chronicles 11:15 · BSB

Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.

Also

Joshua 17:15 Joshua 18:16

Joshua 17:15 · BSB

Joshua answered them, “If you have so many people that the hill country of Ephraim is too small for you, go to the forest and clear for yourself an area in the land of the Perizzites and the Rephaim.”

Joshua 18:16 · BSB

Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-r…

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.

19So David inquired of the LORD, “Should I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” “Go up,” replied the LORD, “for I will surely deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

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