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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:3

2 Samuel 5:3. King David made a league with them It is not said what the contents of this league or covenant were. The Jews think it was an act of oblivion and indemnity for all injuries done on either side, whether of Judah against the other tribes, or of all the other tribes against Judah. But in that case the league would rather have been between the tribes than with the king. It is therefore probable that it included a great deal more, and that David obliged himself to rule them... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:4-5

2 Samuel 5:4-5. David was thirty years old when he began to reign At this age the Levites were at first appointed to begin their ministrations, Numbers 4:3. About this age the Son of David entered upon his public ministry, Luke 3:23. And it is the age when men come to their full maturity of strength and judgment. In Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years By this it appears it was immediately after his third unction that he made the attempt upon Jerusalem, mentioned in the next verse,... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 5:6

2 Samuel 5:6. The king and his men went to Jerusalem His first warlike enterprise, after he was made king of all Israel, was against that part of Jerusalem which was still in the hands of the Jebusites, namely, the strong fort of Zion, which they held, although the Israelites dwelt in the other parts of the city. Which spake unto David When he came with his army to attack the fortress; saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come hither In this translation... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 5:1-25

5:1-10:19 DAVID ESTABLISHES HIS KINGDOMConquest of Jerusalem (5:1-25)All the tribes of Israel now sent a representative force of soldiers to Hebron to present themselves to David, their new king (5:1-3; 1 Chronicles 12:23-40). The two-year civil war had now finished, and for the next five and a half years David reigned in Hebron over a unified Israel (4-5; cf. 2:10-11).David probably realized that so long as he remained in the territory of his own tribe in the south, the northern tribes would... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:2

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4 . feed = feed as a shepherd. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:3

made a league = solemnised a covenant. anointed David. See note on 1 Samuel 16:13 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:6

men. Hebrew. 'enosh. App-14 . saying . What they said must be rendered thus "Thou shalt not come in hither, for the blind and the lame shall drive thee away [by saying]`David shall not come in hither. ' " read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 5:7

the strong hold of Zion : i.e. the hill of Ophel, immediately south of Moriah. Zion. First occurrence. Occurs 154 times in O.T. (7 x 22, App-10 ); used later (especially in prophecy) of the whole city. See App-68 . the City of David . Which is on Jebus, therefore, and not on the west side. First occurrence. Occurs forty times in O.T. Used of Zion five times ( 2Sa 5:7 , 2 Samuel 5:9 ; 1Ki 8:1 . 1 Chronicles 11:5 . 2 Chronicles 5:2 ). read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 2 Samuel 5:1

DAVID WAS ANOINTED KING OVER ALL ISRAEL;HE CAPTURED JERUSALEM;HE BUILT HIMSELF A CEDAR HOUSE AND TOOK MORE WIVES AND CONCUBINES;AND HE DEFEATED THE PHILISTINES TWICEWith this chapter we have the beginning of a major section of 2Samuel, namely, 2 Samuel 5-10, where we have an abbreviated and condensed record of David's successes. A record of his sins, sorrows and disasters of his later years appear in the following section, 2 Samuel 11-20. Willis pointed out that this section carries the record... read more

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