“ Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ”
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...
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, No JFB commentary on these verses.
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...
Jehovah's Victories over the Philistines 2 Samuel 5:13-25 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13 ;...
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...
(13) And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. (14) And these be the names of those that were...
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia. Elishua is called Elishama, 1 Chronicles 3:6 .
Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, Ver. 15. And Elishua. ] Called also Elishama; 1Ch 3:6 another of his sons being likewise called by the same name, 1Ch 3:8 probably because the form...
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's Children. B. C. 1046. 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and...
No text from Poole on this verse.
David's Own Continuing Fruitfulness ( 2 Samuel 5:13-16 ). A further indication of YHWH's hand on David was the fact that he was so fruitful and had so many sons and daughters. This was on top of t...
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...
And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David. The kingdom established 1. Now the tide fairly turned in David’s history, and that, instead of a sad chronicle of hardship and disappointment,...
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
1 Chronicles 14:5 ; 1 Chronicles 3:6