2 Kings 5:18
And the Philistines coming spread themselves in the valley of Raphaim.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Philisthiim autem venientes diffusi sunt in valle Raphaim.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ οἱ ἀλλόφυλοι παραγίνονται καὶ συνέπεσαν εἰς τὴν κοιλάδα τῶν Τιτάνων.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וּפְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים בָּ֑אוּ וַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּ בְּעֵ֥מֶק רְפָאִֽים
Haydock's commentary
Raphaim. Septuagint, "of Titans," (Calmet) or giants who had dwelt there. (Menochius)
It lay to the west (Menochius) or south of Jerusalem, and extended as far as Bethlehem. David was still more to the south, (Calmet) so that he seemed to be cut off from his capital. But it was secure enough. (Haydock)
On this occasion, three of his brave men went through the midst of the enemies' ranks, to fetch water from the spring of Bethlehem, chap. xxiii. 16.
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.