2 Samuel 5:3

3 Tous les anciens d'Israël vinrent donc vers le roi à Hébron; et le roi David fit alliance avec eux à Hébron devant l'Éternel; et ils oignirent David pour roi sur Israël.

2 Samuel 5:3 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:3

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, coming by their elders as their representatives; or else the meaning is, that the messengers the tribes sent, when they returned and reported the favourable reception they had met with from David; the elders of the several tribes, the princes or principal men met, and came together to David in Hebron:

and King David made a league with them before the Lord;
the states of the nation; he entered into a covenant with them; he on his part promising to rule them in justice and judgment according to the laws, and they promising to yield a cheerful obedience to him in all things just and lawful: and this was done "before the Lord"; either before the ark of the Lord, as Abarbinel; but that was in Kirjathjearim, from whence it was after this brought by David to this city; rather, as Kimchi observes, wherever all Israel, or the greater part of them, were assembled, there the divine Shechinah or Majesty dwelt; so that what was done in a public assembly was reckoned as done before the Lord, and in his presence; or this covenant was made before the Lord, and each party appealed to him as witness of it, so that it was a very solemn one:

and they anointed David king over Israel;
that is, over all Israel, which was the third time of his being anointed; the first was by Samuel, pointing out the person the Lord chose and appointed king; the second was by the tribe of Judah, when they invested him with the office of a king over them; and now by all the tribes, when he was inaugurated into the whole kingdom of Israel; and not only the elders came at this time, but great numbers of the people from the several tribes, and continued with David some days, eating, drinking and rejoicing, see ( 1 Chronicles 12:1-40 ) .

2 Samuel 5:3 In-Context

1 Alors toutes les tribus d'Israël vinrent vers David, à Hébron, et dirent: Voici, nous sommes tes os et ta chair.

2 Et même auparavant, quand Saül était roi sur nous, c'est toi qui faisais sortir et qui ramenais Israël; et l'Éternel t'a dit: C'est toi qui paîtras mon peuple d'Israël, et qui seras le conducteur d'Israël.

3 Tous les anciens d'Israël vinrent donc vers le roi à Hébron; et le roi David fit alliance avec eux à Hébron devant l'Éternel; et ils oignirent David pour roi sur Israël.

4 David était âgé de trente ans, quand il commença à régner, et il régna quarante ans;

5 Il régna sur Juda à Hébron sept ans et six mois; puis il régna trente trois ans à Jérusalem, sur tout Israël et Juda.