2 Samuel 5:11 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

2 Samuel 5:11

9 Then David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it ^athe City of David. And David built all around from¹ the Millo and inward.

10 So David went on and became great, and ^athe Lord God of hosts was with ^bhim.

11 Then ^aHiram ^bking of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters and masons. And they built David a house.

12 So David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel, and that He had ^aexalted His kingdom ^bfor the sake of His people Israel.

13 And ^aDavid took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, after he had come from Hebron. Also more sons and daughters were born to David.

14 Now ^athese are the names of those who were born to him in Jerusalem:¹ Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, ^bSolomon,

15 Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia,

16 Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.

The Philistines Defeated

17 ^aNow when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it ^band went down to the stronghold.

18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in ^athe Valley of Rephaim.

19 So David ^ainquired of the Lord, saying, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will You deliver them into my hand?” And the Lord said to David, “Go up, for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into your hand.”

20 So David went to ^aBaal Perazim, and David defeated them there; and he said, “The Lord has broken through my enemies before me, like a breakthrough of water.” Therefore he called the name of that place¹ Baal Perazim.

21 And they left their¹ images there, and David and his men ^acarried them away.

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.

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Hiram . . . sent carpenters, and masons—The influx of Tyrian architects and mechanics affords a clear evidence of the low state to which, through the disorders of long-continued war, the better class of artisans had declined in Israel.

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