18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
18 When the Philistines arrived, they deployed their forces in Raphaim Valley.
18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
18 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:18
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:17-25
(Read 2 Samuel 5:17-25)
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 attacked by the powers of darkness. The heathen raged, and the kings of the earth set themselves to oppose it; but all in vain, Acts 2:2.