2 Samuel 5:25
New International Version
So David did as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

New Living Translation
So David did what the LORD commanded, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

English Standard Version
And David did as the LORD commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.

Berean Standard Bible
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

King James Bible
And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.

New King James Version
And David did so, as the LORD commanded him; and he drove back the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

New American Standard Bible
Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him; he struck and killed the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

NASB 1995
Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

NASB 1977
Then David did so, just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

Legacy Standard Bible
Then David did so, just as Yahweh had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

Amplified Bible
David did just as the LORD had commanded him, and struck down the Philistines from Geba as far as Gezer.

Christian Standard Bible
So David did exactly as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So David did exactly as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

American Standard Version
And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And David did in this way, just as LORD JEHOVAH commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Gebah and unto the entrance of Gadar

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Gabaon as far as the land of Gazera.

Contemporary English Version
David obeyed the LORD and defeated the Philistines. He even chased them all the way from Geba to the entrance to Gezer.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer.

English Revised Version
And David did so, as the LORD commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
David did as the LORD ordered him and defeated the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.

Good News Translation
David did what the LORD had commanded, and was able to drive the Philistines back from Geba all the way to Gezer.

International Standard Version
So David did exactly what the LORD ordered him to do, and he struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer.

Literal Standard Version
And David does so, as YHWH commanded him, and strikes the Philistines from Geba to your coming to Gazer.

Majority Standard Bible
So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

New American Bible
David did as the LORD commanded him, and routed the Philistines from Gibeon as far as Gezer.

NET Bible
David did just as the LORD commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines from Gibeon all the way to Gezer.

New Revised Standard Version
David did just as the LORD had commanded him; and he struck down the Philistines from Geba all the way to Gezer.

New Heart English Bible
David did so, as the LORD commanded him, and struck the Philistines from Geba as far as the approach to Gezer.

Webster's Bible Translation
And David did so as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou comest to Gazer.

World English Bible
David did so, as Yahweh commanded him, and struck the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.

Young's Literal Translation
And David doth so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smiteth the Philistines from Geba unto thy coming to Gazer.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Two Victories over the Philistines
24As soon as you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, move quickly, because this will mean that the LORD has marched out before you to strike the camp of the Philistines.” 25So David did as the LORD had commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Gibeon to Gezer.

Cross References
Joshua 12:12
the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Joshua 21:21
they were given Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim (a city of refuge for the manslayer), Gezer,

Isaiah 28:21
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.


Treasury of Scripture

And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until you come to Gazer.

Geba

1 Chronicles 14:16
David therefore did as God commanded him: and they smote the host of the Philistines from Gibeon even to Gazer.

Gibeon

Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.

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2 Samuel 5
1. The tribes come to Hebron and anoint David over Israel,
4. David's age
6. Taking Zion from the Jebusites, he dwells in it
11. Hiram sends to David,
13. Eleven sons are born to him in Jerusalem
17. David, directed by God, smites the Philistines at Baal-perazim
22. And again at the mulberry trees














(25) From Geba . . . to Gazer.--In the parallel passage (1Chronicles 14:16) it is "from Gibeon to Gazer." One or the other is a slip of the scribe, and there can be little question that Gibeon is the true reading, since it lies about five and a half miles northwest of Jerusalem, while Geba (Gibeah) is about seven and a half miles north-east. The site of Gazer (or Gezer) has not been exactly identified, but it was certainly just on the edge of the Philistine plain. The distance of the pursuit from Gibeon was about twelve miles, and six miles more must already have been passed over before reaching Gibeon from the valley of Rephaim. The flight of the Philistines was determined in this north-westerly direction at first, from the fact that David had "fetched a compass," and attacked them from the south. In 1Chronicles 14:8-17, these battles are placed between the unsuccessful (2Samuel 13:5-14) and the successful (2 Samuel 15) attempts to bring up the ark to Jerusalem. It is impossible now to determine the exact details of the chronology.

Verse 25. - From Geba until thou some to Gazer. In 1 Chronicles 14:16 "Gibson" is substituted for "Geba," and it is one of those corrections which a commentator is inclined to adopt, because it makes all things easy. For Gibeon lay directly on the road from the Rephaim valley towards Gazer, and the armies must have passed it in the fight. But if "Geba" be the right reading here, then the battle must have been most sternly contested. For it is the "Gibeah of Benjamin," Hebrew, "Geba of Benjamin," described in 1 Samuel 13:16. The Philistines had a garrison there in Saul's time (1 Samuel 13:3), and had probably again occupied it as a military post after their victory at Gilboa. To reach it the line of retreat would go nine miles northward over difficult ground; but this was not disadvantageous to a retreating army as long as it remained unbroken, and the Philistines would expect to be able to make a successful defense at a strong citadel like Geba, held by a garrison of their own troops. But when driven by David's "mighty men" from this fortified hill, being hemmed in by the defile of Michmash on the east, they would have no choice but to hurry down the valleys to the west, and, still passing by Gibson, so flee to Gazer. Thus the reading "Geba" implies a stout and long resistance ending in a most complete victory. And confessedly this was a decisive battle, fought with larger forces, and causing far larger loss to the Philistines than that at Baal-Perazim, where, attacked by only a few men, they were seized with panic, and saved themselves by a headlong flight. Gazer lay upon the border of Ephraim, and was one of the royal cities of the Canaanites, and so strong that it was left in the hands of its old possessors (Joshua 16:3, 10; Judges 1:19). Subsequently Solomon fortified it (1 Kings 9:17), as being the key of the defiles which led from Ekron and the plain of Philistia up to Jerusalem. We also find it mentioned as an important military post in the days of the Maccabees (1 Macc. 9:52). The pursuit would naturally stop here, as the fugitives would now be in their own country, and succour would be close at hand. Probably, too, the Canaanites who held the fortress were friendly to them, and gave them shelter.



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
So David
דָּוִד֙ (dā·wiḏ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1732: David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse

did
וַיַּ֤עַשׂ (way·ya·‘aś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

as
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר (ka·’ă·šer)
Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the LORD
יְהוָ֑ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

had commanded him,
צִוָּ֖הוּ (ṣiw·wā·hū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

and he struck down
וַיַּךְ֙ (way·yaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

the Philistines
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

all the way from Geba
מִגֶּ֖בַע (mig·ge·ḇa‘)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1387: Geba -- a Levitical city of Benjamin

to
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

Gezer.
גָֽזֶר׃ (ḡā·zer)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 1507: Gezer -- 'portion', a Levitical city on the border of Ephraim


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