2 Samuel 5:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. ”

2 Samuel 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

David dwelt in the fort - or stronghold, (as in 2 Samuel 5:7 ) i. e. eventually, when the buildings were completed, which may not have been for two or three years. Millo appears to have been a f...
2 Samuel 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from (e) Millo and inward. (e) He built from the town house round about to his own house ( 1 Chronicles 11:8...
2 Samuel 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

fort . the "strong hold" of 2 Samuel 5:7 . Citadel. round about . the wall, which was continued by Solomon ( 1 Kings 9:15 ; 1 Kings 9:24 ; 1 Kings 11:27 ), afterward by Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles...
2 Samuel 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward.
2 Samuel 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

David built round about from Millo— David, having possessed himself of the castle of Zion, joined the castle to the town beneath it, by building houses from one to the other, and made thereby one r...
2 Samuel 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. David dwelt in the fort ... Having taken it by storm, he changed its name to "T...
2 Samuel 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The fort. — The same word as strong hold in 2 Samuel 5:7 . Millo. — A word always used in Hebrew with the definite article (except in Judges 9:6 ; Judges 9:20 ), the Millo. It is probably...
2 Samuel 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So David dwelt in the fort ,.... The strong hold of Zion, which he took: and called it the city of David ; from his own name, to keep up the memory of his taking it, and of his habitation in it:...
2 Samuel 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. Ver. 9. So David dwelt in the fort. ] After that he had slain all the old inhabitant...
2 Samuel 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
2 Samuel 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Millo seems to have been some large and well fortified building, Judges 9:6 2 Chronicles 32:5 , adjoining or near to the wall of the city of Zion.
2 Samuel 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - 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 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jerusalem made the Capital
2 Samuel 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:8 ; 1 Kings 11:27 ; 1 Kings 9:15 ; 1 Kings 9:24 ; 2 Chronicles 32:5 ; 2 Samuel 5:7 ; Judges 9:20 ; Judges 9:6
2 Samuel 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Millo — Which seems to have been the town — hall or, state — house, near the wall of the city of Zion.

2 Samuel 5:9 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 5:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 5:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:9 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 5:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 5:9 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 5:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 5:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 5:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:9 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes