2 Samuel 5:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. ”

2 Samuel 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Compare the marginal reference. The chronicler adds some interesting details 2Sa. 12:23-40 of the manner in which the various tribes from both sides of the Jordan came to Hebron to make David king,...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy (a) bone and thy flesh. (a) We are of your kindred and closely related to you.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

David Becomes King of united Israel and Judah. He Captures Jerusalem (J). ( Cf. p. 282.) Two notes have been added to this section ( 2 Samuel 5:4 f. and 2 Samuel 5:13-16 ), of the same character...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Behold. Figure of speech Asterismos.App-6.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Then came all the tribes of Israel - Ish-bosheth the king, and Abner the general,...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. Then came all the tribes of Israel - a combined deputation of the leading au...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

David is anointed King, captures Jerusalem, and smites the Philistines 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead.
2 Samuel 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

All the tribes. — Not only as represented by their elders ( 2 Samuel 5:3 ), but by the large bodies of their warriors enumerated in 1 Chronicles 12:23-40 . It is to be noticed, then, that the “chi...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI. DAVID KING OF ALL ISRAEL. 2 Samuel 5:1-9 . AFTER seven and a half years of opposition, * David was now left without a rival, and the representatives of the whole tribes came to Heb...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

David King in Jerusalem 2 Samuel 5:1-12 David was anointed thrice: by Samuel in his home, by the men of Judah, and here. So our Lord has been crowned in the Father's purpose and by his Church....
2 Samuel 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS This Chapter opens with a brighter prospect to David's life and reign than any before. All the tribes of Israel now come to him, claiming relationship, and offering him the whole kingdom. D...
2 Samuel 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron ,.... All the rest of the tribes, save the tribe of Judah, who had made him king over them in Hebron seven years ago. These were ambassadors s...
2 Samuel 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. Ver. 1. Then came all the tribes, ] i.e., Great numbers out of all tribes: o...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then came all the tribes to David That is, elders, deputed as ambassadors from every tribe, sent by a common agreement among them; saying, Behold, we are bone of thy bone , &c. Abner and Ish-b...
2 Samuel 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David King over All Israel. B. C. 1048. 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David un...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 5 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over all Israel: the years of his reign at Hebron and Jerusalem: his age, 2 Samuel 5:1-5 . He taketh the strong hold of Zion fro...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

David Is At Last Anointed As King Over All Israel ( 2 Samuel 5:1-5 ). This section began in 2 Samuel 2:1 onwards with David being anointed as king over Judah, and it now ends with David being an...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:1 . “ Then , etc. “The tenor of the history leads us to hold with Ewald that the recognition of David as king over all Israel occurred immediately after...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:2 . Thou shalt feed my people. Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why t...
2 Samuel 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake saying, Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh. David king over all Israel It was probably very soon after the death of Ishboshe...
2 Samuel 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 2 Samuel 5:1 Then came all the tribes of Israel. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of mo...
2 Samuel 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Then, after the death of both Abner and Ishbosheth, came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh, they were all kinsmen of blood by d...
2 Samuel 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:1-3 ; 1 Chronicles 12:23-40 ; 2 Samuel 19:13 ; Deuteronomy 17:15 ; Ephesians 5:30 ; Genesis 29:14 ; Hebrews 2:14 ; Judges 9:2

2 Samuel 5:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 5:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:1 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:1 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge