2 Samuel 5:22 meaning and explanation

Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.

2 Samuel 5:22, Berean Standard Bible

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After David defeated the Philistines at Baal-perazim, the enemy regroups and returns to the same ground. The Valley of Rephaim lay southwest of Jerusalem, a broad plain where an army could deploy in force, and the repetition shows that one success did not end the pressure on Israel's new king.

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