New International Version (NIV)
17When 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.
2 Samuel 5:17
2 Samuel 5:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
17Now 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 about it, he went down to the stronghold.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
17When 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.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to look for him, but he heard about it and went down to the 5:17 Heb Masada.stronghold.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, they all went in search of him; but David learned of this and went down to the stronghold.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
17The 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.