2 Samuel 5:1-5

David King over All Israel

1 ¹Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are ²your bone and your flesh.

2 Previously, when Saul was king over us, ³you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the LORD said to you, '⁴You will shepherd My people Israel, and you will be ⁵a ruler over Israel.' "

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David ⁶made a covenant with them before the LORD at Hebron; then ⁷they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David was ⁸thirty years old when he became king, and ⁹he reigned forty years.

5 At Hebron ¹⁰he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three * years over all Israel and Judah.

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2 Samuel 5:1-5 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 5

In this chapter we have an account of all the tribes of Israel coming to Hebron, and anointing David king over them, 2Sa 5:1-5; of his expedition against the Jebusites in Jerusalem, and taking from them the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:6-10; of his building an house for himself, and of his building up his family, by taking more wives and concubines, and having more children, whose names are given, 2Sa 5:11-16; and of an invasion of the land by the Philistines, and David's victory over them, 2Sa 5:17-25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 10

1. 1 Chronicles 11:1-3
2. 2 Samuel 19:13
3. 1 Sam 18:5, 13, 16
4. Genesis 49:24; 2 Samuel 7:7
5. 1 Samuel 25:30
6. 2 Samuel 3:21
7. 1 Samuel 16:13; 2 Samuel 2:4
8. Genesis 41:46; Numbers 4:3; Luke 3:23
9. 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 26:31
10. 2 Samuel 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 29:27

Footnotes 1

[a]. Lit "said, saying"