2 Samuel 5:17–18
17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David as king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David, but David heard and went down to the stronghold.j 18 Now the Philistines had come, and they spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — The New International Version (NIV)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they went up in full force to search for him, but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim;
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — English Standard Version (ESV)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. But David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — New Living Translation (NLT)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, they mobilized all their forces to capture him. But David was told they were coming, so he went into the stronghold. 18 The Philistines arrived and spread out across the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
17 Now when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to search for David. And David heard of it and went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines also went and deployed themselves in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — New Century Version (NCV)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been made king over Israel, all the Philistines went to look for him. But when David heard the news, he went down to the stronghold. 18 The Philistines came and camped in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — American Standard Version (ASV)
17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
17 And the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, and all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold. 18 And the Philistines came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king of Israel, all of them came to attack David. But David heard about it and went to the fortress. 18 The Philistines had come and overrun the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 18 So the Philistines came and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
17 When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up in search of David; but David heard about it and went down to the stronghold. 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
17 The Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel. So their whole army went to look for him. But David heard about it. He went down to his usual place of safety. 18 The Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 5:17–18 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
17 When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek out David; and when David heard of it, he went down to the stronghold.
18 Now the Philistines came and spread themselves out in the valley of Rephaim.