2 Samuel 5:3

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. They anointed David king - This was the third time that David was anointed, having now taken possession of the whole kingdom.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Before the Lord - Abiathar and Zadok the priests were both with David, and the tabernacle and altar may have been at Hebron, though the ark was a...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron (b) before the LORD: and they anointed David...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

made. league . solemnised. covenant. anointed David. See note on 1 Samuel 16:13 .
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David...
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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 l...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Made a league with them. — It would be an anachronism to understand this of the establishment of a constitutional monarchy, but the “league” may ha...
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 t...
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 c...
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 mag...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron ,.... Which either explains what is meant by the tribes coming to him, 2 Samuel 5:1 ; namely...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David kin...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

King David made a league with them It is not said what the contents of this league or covenant were. The Jews think it was an act of oblivion and i...
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 f...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David King over All Israel. B. C. 1048. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

King David made a league with them; whereby he obliged himself to rule them according to God's laws; and the people promised fidelity and obedience...
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 ki...
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 a...
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....
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...
The Biblical Illustrator

And King David made a league with them. Making a league For one born into the family, no formal covenant is necessary, in order to bind to his...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David Anointed King over all Israel
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron, as the representatives of the tribes; and King David made a league with them in Hebron befor...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 11:3 ; 1 Samuel 11:15 ; 1 Samuel 16:13 ; 1 Samuel 23:18 ; 2 Chronicles 23:16 ; 2 Kings 11:17 ; 2 Samuel 2:4 ; Exodus 3:16 ; Jud...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A league — Whereby David obliged himself to rule them according to God's laws; and the people promised obedience to him.

³ So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.

Related Commentaries of 2 Samuel 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Samuel 5:3