Valley near Jerusalem, site of battles
Rephaim Valley
Named in 8 verses across 4 books, first in Joshua 15:8.
רְפָאִים+H6010P«H6010Valley of/ Rephaim
Also called Valley of/ Rephaim.
About Rephaim Valley Written by AI
The Valley of Rephaim, also known as the Valley of the Giants, was a fertile valley located southwest of Jerusalem, near the border between Judah and Benjamin (Jos. 15:8; 18:16). It was the site of two significant battles between David and the Philistines (2Sa. 5:18, 22; 23:13; 1Ch. 11:15; 14:9). In one instance, David and his men were hiding in a cave near the Philistine camp in the Valley of Rephaim when three of his mighty men risked their lives to bring him water from the well at Bethlehem (2Sa. 23:13; 1Ch. 11:15). The valley is also mentioned figuratively in Isaiah 17:5, comparing the harvest of Israel to the gathering of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
Drafted by an AI model for STEPBible's TIPNR (Tyndale House Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). Check it against the verses below.
31.756, 35.223 See it on a map
Where the Bible names it
- Joshua 15:8
From there the border went up the Valley of Ben-hinnom along the southern slope of the Jebusites (that is, Jerusalem) and ascended to the top of the hill that faces the Valley of Hinnom on the west, at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim.
- Joshua 18:16
Then it went down to the foot of the hill that faces the Valley of Ben-hinnom at the northern end of the Valley of Rephaim and ran down the Valley of Hinnom toward the southern slope of the Jebusites and downward to En-rogel.
- 2 Samuel 5:18
Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 5:22
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 2 Samuel 23:13
At harvest time, three of the thirty chief men went down to David at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 11:15
Three of the thirty chief men went down to David, to the rock at the cave of Adullam, while a company of Philistines was encamped in the Valley of Rephaim.
- 1 Chronicles 14:9
Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.
- Isaiah 17:5
as the reaper gathers the standing grain and harvests the ears with his arm, as one gleans heads of grain in the Valley of Rephaim.
From STEPBible's TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0): names, family, references and the AI written article. Verse text is the BSB.