2 Samuel 5:22
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Valley of Rephaim
- WHEN
- c. 1010-1003 BC
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WHEN
c. 1010-1003 BC
counted from the text
David takes Jerusalem and makes it the capital.
WHO RULED
- David king of Israel 1010-970 BC
SOURCES
- date — 2 Samuel 5:4-5 gives the length of the reign, not the year. The absolute years come from the chronology of the kings, anchored in 1 Kings 6:1.
- David — 2 Samuel 5:4-5, which gives the length of the reign; the Tel Dan stele, which mentions the "house of David" (the oldest record of the name outside the Bible)
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