2 Samuel 5:24

22 ^aThen the Philistines went up once again and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.

23 Therefore ^aDavid inquired of the Lord, and He said, “You shall not go up; circle around behind them, and come upon them in front of the mulberry trees.

24 And it shall be, when you ^ahear the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, then you shall advance quickly. For then ^bthe Lord will go out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.”

25 And David did so, as the Lord commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from ^aGeba as far as ^bGezer.

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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2 Samuel 5:24

When thou hearest the sound of a going - If there had not been an evident supernatural interference, David might have thought that the sleight or ruse de guerre which he had used was the cause of his victory. By the going in the tops of the mulberry trees probably only a rustling among the leaves is intended. The Targum says, a noise; the Arabic has it, the noise of horses' hoofs.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing 2 Samuel 5:24:

1 Chronicles 14:1
Psalms 18:7

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