◄ 2 Samuel 5:25 ►
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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.

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.

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.

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Geba

1 Chronicles 14:16 And David did as God had commanded him, and defeated the army of the Philistines, slaying them from Gabaon to Gazera.

Gibeon

Joshua 16:10 And the children of Ephraim slew not the Chanaanite, who dwelt in Gazer: and the Chanaanite dwelt in the midst of Ephraim until this day, paying tribute.

Context
Two Victories over the Philistines
…24And when thou shalt hear the sound of one going in the tops of the pear trees, then shalt thou join battle: for then will the Lord go out before thy face to strike the army of the Philistines. 25And David did as the Lord had commanded him, and he smote the Philistines from Gabaa until thou come to Gezer.
Cross References
Joshua 12:12
The king of Eglon one, the king of Gazer one,

Joshua 21:21
Of the tribe of Ephraim, Sichem one of the cities of refuge, with the suburbs thereof in mount Ephraim, and Gazer,

Isaiah 28:21
For the Lord shall stand up as in the mountain of divisions: he shall be angry as in the valley which is in Gabaon: that he may do his work, his strange work: that he may perform his work, his work is strange to him.

2 Samuel 5:24
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