of the children which he had in Jerusalem; Shammua, and Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon; 5and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Elpelet; 6and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia; 7and Elishama, and Beeliada, and Eliphelet.
8And when the Philistines heard that David was anointed king over all Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David: and David heard of it, and went out [1]against them. 9Now the Philistines had come and made a raid in the valley of Rephaim. 10And David inquired of God, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? and wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto him, Go up; for I will deliver them into thine hand. 11So they came up to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and David said, God hath [2]broken mine enemies by mine hand, like the breach of waters. Therefore they called the name
Shammua . . . Solomon] All these four are attributed to Bath-shua (= Bath-sheba) in iii. 5.
8—17 (= 2 Sam. v. 17—25). The Double Repulse of the
Philistines.
8. over all Israel] in 2 Sam. v. 17, over Israel. In both passages the reference is to the later anointing by the whole people (2 Sam. v. 3).
all the Philistines] David, as king of Judah, was of little or no political importance to the Philistines; as king of united Israel, he became a possible menace, and was accordingly attacked without delay.
went up] i.e. from their own low-lying territory by the sea into the hill-country of Judah.
went out against them] mg. went out before them, i.e. anticipated them, did not wait for them to attack him. In 2 Sam. v. 17 went down to the hold, an expression which might refer to some part of the difficult hill-country of Judah in which he had long defied Saul, or may mean the "hold" of Jerusalem, which David had seized from the Jebusites (see note on xi. 5).
9. the valley of Rephaim] probably the shallow valley, now called Beḳā'a, across which runs the road from Jerusalem to Beth-lehem (Bädeker, Pal.5, pp. 15, 99).
10. inquired of God] doubtless by means of the sacred lot, the Urim and Thummim (see Hastings' D.B. s.v., and Kirkpatrick's notes on 1 Sam. x. 22, xxiii. 6).
11. Baal-perazim] probably to be identified with the Mount Perazim of Is. xxviii. 21, but the situation is unknown.
like the breach of waters] i.e. like the breach made by waters,
