John Gill's Exposition on 2 Samuel 5:25

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And David did so as the Lord commanded him, etc.] In all things he was obedient to the command of God; Saul was not: he got behind the army of the Philistines, as he was directed; and when he heard the sound in the mulberry trees, he arose and fell upon his enemies: and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer; or from Gibeon, as in (<131416>1 Chronicles 14:16); a city in the tribe of Benjamin, near to which this battle was fought, and where the pursuit began, which was carried as far as Gazer, a city that lay on the borders of the Philistines, as Josephus says f103; and so far they were pursued, and were smitten as they fled; and, according to Bunting f104, it was a space of eighteen miles.

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