“ And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. ”
The narrative here given fills out a manifest defect in 2 Samuel 5:8 where something has evidently dropped out of the text. The prowess of Joab on this occasion, and the part which he took in t...
David Made King in Hebron; Jerusalem Taken; David's Mighty Men (see notes on 2 Samuel 5:1-3 ; 2 Samuel 5:6-10 ; 2 Samuel 23:8-39 ). 1 Chronicles 11:42-47 . An addition by the Chronicler from...
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David.
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. No JFB commentary on this verse.
David's Coronation at Hebron and his Capture of Zion The writer, though mentioning David's crowning at Hebron, omits all description of his 7 years' reign there, and in this chapter unites with so...
(4-9) THE CAPTURE OF ZION BY JOAB’S VALOUR, AND DAVID’S SETTLEMENT THERE. The accession of the new king is followed by a warlike enterprise, according to the precedent of Saul ( 1 Samuel 11 ). Thi...
DAVID 1. HIS TRIBE AND DYNASTY KING and kingdom were so bound up in ancient life that an ideal for the one implied an ideal for the other: all distinction and glory possessed by either was shared...
We now enter on the second section of this Book. In this section there are four movements: the story of David's crowning, the events connected with the Ark of God, the account of David's reign, and,...
I refer the Reader to the parallel history, 2 Samuel 5:1-10 , and to the Commentary upon it in that Chapter. But in addition to the observations there, I would call upon the Reader to remark with me...
1 Chronicles 11:1
And David dwelt in the castle; therefore they called it the city of David. Ver. 7. And David dwelt in the castle. ] Herein he became a type of Christ, who subdueth all our enemies, and openeth unt...
David's Accession to the Throne. B. C. 1055. 1 Then all Israel gathered themselves to Da...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] The writer here passes by the 7½ years of David’s reign over Judah, at which he had glanced in his introductory section (chap. 1 Chronicles 3:4 ), and hastens to the glorious period...
1 Chronicles 11:11 . Jashobeam, called Tachmoni, 2 Samuel 23:8 , a wise man and valiant. He had earned the laurel to sit as the chairman of David's generals. Three hundred men he killed, and five...
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 11:1 Upon the death of Saul, Abner, for a while espousing the cause of Ishbo-sheth, the only surviving son of Saul, "made him king over" a large proportion of the pe...
David King of all Israel
1 Chronicles 11:5 ; 2 Samuel 5:7 ; Psalms 2:6