2 Samuel 5:3-5

3 When all the elders of Israel had come to King David at Hebron, the king made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD, and they anointed David king over Israel.

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

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

2 Samuel 5:3-5 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. 2 Samuel 3:21
• 2. S Deuteronomy 17:15; 2 Samuel 2:4
• 3. S Genesis 37:2; Luke 3:23
• 4. 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4
• 5. 1 Chronicles 26:31; 1 Chronicles 29:27
• 6. 2 Samuel 2:11; 1 Kings 2:11; 1 Chronicles 3:4