2 Samuel 5:1-5

David, King of Israel

1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Here we are, your own flesh and blood.^[a]

2 Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out [to battle] and brought us back.^[b] The Lord also said to you, 'You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.' "

3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them at Hebron in the Lord's presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.^[c]

4 David was 30 years old when he began his reign; he reigned 40 years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years over all Israel and Judah.^[d]

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.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit your bone and flesh
• [b] 1 Sm 18:5,12-16
• [c] 1 Ch 11:1-3
• [d] 1 Kg 2:11; 1 Ch 29:26-27