2 Samuel 5:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. ”

2 Samuel 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The stronghold of Zion - Or castle 1 Chronicles 11:5 , 1 Chronicles 11:7 . The ancient Zion was the hill on which the temple stood, and the castle seems to have been immediately to the north of...
2 Samuel 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the strong hold of Zion : i.e. the hill of Ophel, immediately south of Moriah. Zion. First occurrence. Occurs 154 times in O.T. (7. 22, App-10); used later (especially in prophecy) of the whole c...
2 Samuel 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David.
2 Samuel 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, х mªtsudat ( H4686 ) Tsiyown ( H6726 )] - the citadel...
2 Samuel 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(6) В¶ And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in...
2 Samuel 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion ,.... A fortress without the city, and separate from it, and which was very strong; and the taking it might facilitate the taking of the city, which...
2 Samuel 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David. Ver. 7. Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion. ] And the rather for their carnal confidence which God had...
2 Samuel 5:7 - 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 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David Takes Mount Sion. B. C. 1047. 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto...
2 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The strong hold of Zion; either, 1. A very strong fort which fitly had built upon Mount Zion; which being taken, the city quickly yielded. Or, 2. The city of Zion, which was very strongly forti...
2 Samuel 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Samuel 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - 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 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem made the Capital
2 Samuel 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:7 ; 1 Kings 2:10 ; 1 Kings 3:1 ; 1 Kings 8:1 ; 2 Chronicles 24:16 ; 2 Chronicles 5:2 ; 2 Samuel 5:9 ; 2 Samuel 6:10 ; Hebrews 12:22 ; Isaiah 12:6 ; Isaiah 59:20 ; Micah 4:...

2 Samuel 5:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 5:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge