II Samuel 23:13
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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.
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Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
So David left Gath and took refuge in the cave of Adullam. When his brothers and the rest of his father’s household heard about it, they went down to him there.
I will again bring a conqueror against you, O dweller of Mareshah. The glory of Israel will come to Adullam.
Jarmuth, Adullam, Socoh, Azekah,
Once again the Philistines came up and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;
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.
Now the Philistines had come and raided the Valley of Rephaim.