2 Samuel 5:1-5

David Anointed King of Israel

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

2 In times past, when Saul was king over us, ³it was you who led out and brought in Israel. And the LORD said to you, ⁴'You shall be shepherd of my people Israel, and you shall be prince over Israel.'"

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, ⁵and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron ⁶before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and ⁷he reigned forty years.

5 ⁸At Hebron he reigned over Judah ⁹seven years and six months, and at Jerusalem he reigned over all Israel and Judah thirty-three years.^[a]

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.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-3, see 1 Chronicles 11:1-3
• 2. See Genesis 29:14
• 3. [1 Samuel 18:13]
• 4. 2 Samuel 7:7; 1 Chronicles 17:6; Psalms 78:71, 72; [Matthew 2:6]
• 5. 2 Samuel 3:12, 13, 21; [2 Kings 11:17]
• 6. Judges 11:11; 1 Samuel 23:18
• 7. 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4; 1 Chronicles 29:27
• 8. [See ver. 4 above]
• 9. 2 Samuel 2:11

Footnotes

• [a]. Dead Sea Scroll lacks verses 4-5