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2 Samuel 5:24

the sound of a going The sound of marching. The cognate verb is used of Jehovah "marching" (so to speak) before His people in Judges 5:4; Psalms 68:7; Habakkuk 3:12. A rustling in the tops of the trees like the marching of an army was to be the signal that Jehovah Himself would lead David's army to victory. Cp. 2 Kings 7:6.

bestir thyself In Chron. less forcibly "go out to battle."

then shall theLord go out before thee The use of the perfect tense in the original gives an emphasis to the assurance. "Then hath Jehovah gone forth before thee." The E. V. renders it rightly in Chron.

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See also 2 Samuel 5:24 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 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 h...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES CHAPTER 5:6-25 _ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_ 2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11) 3. David's additional concubines and...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES (J). (_Cf._ p. 67.) David twice defeats the Philistines in the Valley of Rephaim (p. 31, Isaiah 17:5 *). The growing strength of David had roused the apprehensions of hi...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE SOUND OF A GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY-TREES— "This may be rendered, _among the first of the mulberry-trees; i.e._ among the trees which were the first in order, and by which they entered in...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    _David Against the Philistines_ 2 Samuel 5:17-25 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard _of it,_ a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND LET IT BE, WHEN THOU HEAREST THE SOUND OF A GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY TREES, THAT THEN THOU SHALT BESTIR THYSELF: FOR THEN SHALL THE LORD GO OUT BEFORE THEE, TO SMITE THE HOST OF THE PHIL...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:24 army (a-36) Or 'camp.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SOUND OF A GOING] RV 'the sound of marching.' It was the heavenly host marching to join in the attack on the Philistines....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 This chapter records three very important things that David did: (1) He united the nation of *Israel. (2) He made the city of Je...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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 generally understood, _baca-shrubs,_ a plant resembling the balsam. Here a Di...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וִ֠ יהִי _כְּֽ_†_שָׁמְעֲךָ֞_† אֶת ־קֹ֧ול צְעָדָ֛ה...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VII. _ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED._ 2 Samuel 5:10. THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were all of...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JEHOVAH'S VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES 2 Samuel 5:13 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his c...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Trees. Many translate the Hebrew, "mulberry trees," or leave the original word, becaim, "the heights of Bochim." Septuagint seem to give a double version: "the sound of the agitation (or Alexandrian,...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (22) And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. (23) And when David enquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, an...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND LET IT BE, WHEN THOU HEAREST THE SOUND OF A GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY TREES,.... Of a going of the wind on the tops of these trees, making a rustling upon them, and that in such a manner a...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Phili...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops_, &c. The Hebrew, בראשׁי, _beroshee_, here translated _tops_, may properly be rendered, _in the beginnings_, or, _among the first of the mulberry-tr...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going, as of an advancing army, IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY-TREES, they being moved as by a strong wind, while there was no mind blowing, THAT THEN THOU...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    TWO VICTORIES OF DAVID OVER THE PHILISTINES...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-25 The Philistines considered not that David had the presence of God with him, which Saul had forfeited and lost. The kingdom of the Messiah, as soon as it was set up in the world, was thus attack...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE SOUND OF A GOING; a noise as it were of persons walking upon the tops of them, which I shall cause; and by this sign, both thou shalt be assured that I am coming to help thee, and the Philistines...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 5:24 hear H8085 (H8800) sound H6963 marching H6807 tops H7218 trees H1057 quickly H2782 (H8799) LORD...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID ONCE AGAIN OVERWHELMS THE PHILISTINES WITH THE HELP OF YHWH (2 SAMUEL 5:17). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, th...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no fear what hosts of men or demons can...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _When thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself._ THE SPECIAL MEANING OF COMMON THINGS What a different world this would be if we believ...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:22 It may be that the SOUND OF MARCHING was a distinct sound caused by the Lord that frightened the Philistines (as in 2 Kings 7:6). Anoth

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the account f...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 5:1 THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of more than five...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said, Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 14:15; 1 Samuel 14:9; 2 Kings 7:6; Judges 4:14; Judges

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The sound — A noise as it were of persons walking upon the tops of them, which I shall cause; and by this sign, both thou shalt he assured that I am coming to help thee; and the Philistines shall be a...

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