Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 5:17-25
1. David’s victories over the Philistines 5:17-25God’s greatest blessing on David and Israel, the ultimate in fertility, came when God covenanted with David to make his line of descendants everlasting (ch. 7). However, before that took place, God blessed His anointed with victories over his enemies and peaceful conditions."So long as David was king only of Judah, the Philistines were content to tolerate his rule, but when he was proclaimed king of all Israel he became too powerful to be... read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 5:17-21
The first battle 5:17-21The battle described in these verses appears to be the one retold in 2 Samuel 23:13-17. It could have taken place between David’s anointing as king over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:17; cf. 2 Samuel 5:3) and his capture of Jerusalem (2 Samuel 5:6-9), [Note: Keil and Delitzsch, p. 323; and Merrill, Kingdom of . . ., pp. 237-38.] or perhaps shortly after he had conquered Jerusalem. [Note: J. Carl Laney, First and Second Samuel, p. 95.] The stronghold (2 Samuel 5:17) in the first... read more