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

“ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. ”

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

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah.
2 Samuel 5:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six m...
2 Samuel 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Seven years and six months. — The six months is also mentioned in 2 Samuel 2:11 ; 1 Chronicles 3:4 , but, as being only the fraction of a year, is generally omitted in the summary of the length o...
2 Samuel 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(4) David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. (5) In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years o...
2 Samuel 5:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months ,.... So long the kingdom of Israel continued in the house of Saul after his death; and by this it appears that David was near thirty eight...
2 Samuel 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. Ver. 5. Seven years and six months. ] These last six month...
2 Samuel 5:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

David was thirty years old when he began to reign At this age the Levites were at first appointed to begin their ministrations, Numbers 4:3 . About this age the Son of David entered upon his publi...
2 Samuel 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

No text from Poole on this verse.
2 Samuel 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - 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 5:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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

1 Chronicles 3:4 ; 1 Kings 2:11 ; 2 Samuel 2:11

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 5:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 Samuel 5:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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

2 Samuel 5:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge