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

“ Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. ”

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

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. feed . feed as. shepherd.
2 Samuel 5:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Is...
2 Samuel 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt feed my people— Bishop Patrick observes, that this is the first time we meet with any ruler or governor of a people characterised under the idea of a shepherd, though it was afterwards v...
2 Samuel 5:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain ove...
2 Samuel 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(1) В¶ Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. (2) Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest...
2 Samuel 5:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us ,.... Even over all the tribes of Israel: thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel ; that led out the armies of Israel against their ene...
2 Samuel 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Is...
2 Samuel 5:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord said, Thou shalt feed my people Israel The learned Bishop Patrick very justly observes here, that this is the first time we meet with any ruler, or governor of a people, characterized unde...
2 Samuel 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou wast our chief commander in our expeditions against the Philistines, and therefore art most fit to be king over us. The Lord said to thee, to wit, by Samuel, 1 Samuel 16:11-13 ; for though...
2 Samuel 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - 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 5:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Anointed King over all Israel
2 Samuel 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 13:14 ; 1 Samuel 16:1 ; 1 Samuel 16:12 ; 1 Samuel 16:13 ; 1 Samuel 18:13 ; 1 Samuel 18:16 ; 1 Samuel 25:28 ; 1 Samuel 25:30 ; 1 Samuel 9:16 ; 2 Kings 20:5 ; 2 Samuel 7:7 ; Ezekie...
2 Samuel 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Shalt feed — That is, rule them, and take care of them, as a shepherd doth of his sheep, Psalms 78:70-71 . This expression, he useth to admonish David, that he was not made a king to advance his o...

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

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

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

2 Samuel 5:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 5:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 5:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Samuel 5:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes