Shmuel Bais 5:10

10 And Dovid went on, and grew gadol, and Hashem Elohei Tzva’os was with him.

Shmuel Bais 5:10 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 5:10

And David went on, and grew great
In honour and wealth, in fame and reputation, in subduing his enemies, obtaining conquests over them, and enlarging his dominions:

and the Lord God of hosts,
of armies above and below,

[was] with him:
to whom all his prosperity and success was owing. The Targum is,

``the Word of the Lord God of hosts was for his help,''

or his helper.

Shmuel Bais 5:10 In-Context

8 And Dovid said on that day, Anyone that striketh the Yevusi will have to reach the water shaft, the pisechim and the ivrim whom the nefesh Dovid hates ; thus the saying... The ivver and the piseach are here, he will not enter the bais.

9 So Dovid dwelt in the Metzudah, and called it Ir Dovid. And Dovid built [Ir Dovid] all around from Millo and inward.

10 And Dovid went on, and grew gadol, and Hashem Elohei Tzva’os was with him.

11 And Chiram Melech Tzor sent malachim to Dovid, and cedar trees, and charashim of etz (carpenters) and charashim of even (stone masons) kir (wall, i.e., masons of wall stones); and they built Dovid a Bais (Palace).

12 And Dovid had da’as that Hashem had established him Melech Yisroel, and that he had exalted his mamlachah for the sake of His people Yisroel.