“ And David wentb on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. ”
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...
went on . went on and on. the LORD God of hosts . Jehovah Elohim zebaioth. App-4. See note on 1 Samuel 1:3 .
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. No JFB commentary on this verse.
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.
CHAPTER VII. THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED. 2 Samuel 5:10-25 . THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were...
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....
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...
(10) And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. (11) В¶ And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built Da...
And David went on, and grew great ,.... In honour and wealth, in fame and reputation, in subduing his enemies, obtaining conquests over them, and enlarging his dominions: and the Lord God of hosts...
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts [was] with him. Ver. 10. And David went on, and grew great. ] Heb., He went going and growing. How could he do less, who had the Lord G...
From Millo Which seems to have been the town-hall, or state-house, near the wall of the city of Zion; or, as some think, a tower or armory. The Lord God of hosts was with him This was the cause o...
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...
David Takes Mount Sion. B. C. 1047. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto...
Grew great in reputation and power.
David Captures The Jebusite Fortress At Jerusalem In Order To Deliver It From The Inhabitants Of The Land And So That He Can Make It His Capital City And Stronghold ( 2 Samuel 5:6-10 ). Note how i...
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6 . “Went to Jerusalem.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the a...
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...
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...
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...
Jerusalem made the Capital
2 Samuel 3:1 ; Daniel 2:44 ; Daniel 2:45 ; Genesis 21:22 ; Isaiah 8:10 ; Isaiah 8:9 ; Isaiah 9:7 ; Job 17:9 ; Luke 2:52 ; Proverbs 4:18 ; Psalms 46:11 ; Psalms 46:7 ; Romans 8:31