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2 Samuel 5:19

King James Version (KJV)

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Scripture focus

And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.

2 Samuel 5:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:19

Theological / Devotional

Enquired of the Lord. See on ch. 2:1.

Shall I go up? That is, to battle, not literally, “up,” for the Philistines were in a valley (see Judges 1:1; 12:3; 1 Sam. 7:7).

Doubtless deliver. Rather, “surely deliver.” The Hebrew has no adverb, but the construction is such as to require an emphatic translation of the verb.

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