2 Samuel 5:17 - The Scriptures 2009

¹⁷ And the Philistines heard that they had anointed Dawiḏ sovereign over Yisra’ĕl, and all the Philistines went up to search for Dawiḏ, but Dawiḏ heard and went down to the stronghold.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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, and went down to the hold.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went up to find [him], but [he] heard of it and went down to the stronghold.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold.

Common English Bible

¹⁷ When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all marched up to find him, but David heard of it and went down to the fortress.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ Then the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel. And they all ascended, so that they might seek David. And when David had heard of it, he descended to a stronghold.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David to be king over Israel. And they all came to seek David: and when David heard of it, he went down to a stronghold.

2 Samuel 5:17 Cross References

2 Samuel 21:15

And the Philistines were again fighting against Yisra’ĕl, so Dawiḏ and his servants with him went down and fought against the Philistines. And Dawiḏ was weary,

2 Samuel 23:14

And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, while a watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.

2 Samuel 5:16

and Elishama, and Elyaḏa, and Eliphelet.

2 Samuel 8:1

And after this it came to be that Dawiḏ struck the Philistines and humbled them. And Dawiḏ took the bridle of the mother city out of the hand of the Philistines.

2 Samuel 8:12

from Aram, and from Mo’aḇ, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalĕq, and from the spoil of Haḏaḏezer son of Reḥoḇ, sovereign of Tsoḇah.

1 Chronicles 11:16

And Dawiḏ was then in the stronghold, and the watch-post of the Philistines was then in Bĕyth Leḥem.

Hebrews 11:33

who through belief, overcame reigns, worked righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

1 Samuel 29:1

And the Philistines gathered all their armies at Aphĕq, while Yisra’ĕl encamped by a fountain which is in Yizre‛ĕl.