2 Samuel 5:2

_ALSO IN TIME PAST, WHEN SAUL WAS KING OVER US, THOU WAST HE THAT LEDDEST OUT AND BROUGHTEST IN ISRAEL: AND THE LORD SAID TO THEE, THOU SHALT FEED MY PEOPLE ISRAEL, AND THOU SHALT BE A CAPTAIN OVER ISRAEL._ Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel - i.e, you were chief commander in the military expeditions against the Philistines, and proved thyself, by thy brilliant successes, to be well qualified to undertake the government and defense of the kingdom. AND THE LORD SAID TO THEE (see the notes at 1 Samuel 16:11, where the divine appointment of David to the throne is recorded). THOU SHALT FEED MY PEOPLE ISRAEL, х_ TIR`EH_ (H7462)] - Thou shalt shepherd, i:e., rule, them. [Septuagint, poimaneis.] And thou shalt be a capt

1-5 David was anointed king a third time. His advances were gradual, that his faith might be tried, and that he might gain experience. Thus his kingdom typified that of the Messiah, which was to come to its height by degrees. Thus Jesus became our Brother, took upon him our nature, dwelt in it that he might become our Prince and Saviour: thus the humbled sinner takes encouragement from the endearing relation, applies for his salvation, submits to his authority, and craves his protection....

EXPOSITION 2 SAMUEL 5:1 THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL. As Ishbosheth reigned only two years, and David's reign at Hebron lasted for seven years and a half, there is an interval of more than five years to be accounted for; and we have given reason for believing (see note on 2 Samuel 2:10) that it must be placed after the death of Ishbosheth. The treacherous murder of Abner, and the tragic fate of Ishbosheth following upon it so rapidly, must have filled all Israel with horror, and made them look upon David as "a bloody man" (2 Samuel 16:8). But gradually his innocence became clear to all except inveterate partisans, and as the prejudice against him passed away, th

ALSO IN TIME PAST, WHEN SAUL WAS KING OVER US,.... Even over all the tribes of Israel: THOU WAST HE THAT LEDDEST OUT AND BROUGHTEST IN ISRAEL; that led out the armies of Israel against their enemies, fought their battles for them, obtained victories, and brought the troops under his command home in safety; and the remembrance of these valiant acts of his, which then endeared him to the people, was now another reason for their choosing him king: and another follows, the chiefest of them all: AND THE LORD SAID TO THEE; when anointed by Samuel; for though what follows is not recorded in so many words, yet the sense of it is expressed in the anointing him to be king, whose office, as such, lay in doing the following things: THOU SHALT FEED MY PEOPLE ISRAEL; as a shepherd feeds his flock; hence kings were frequently called shepherds, and David particularly, in which he was an eminent type...

II. DAVID KING OVER ALL ISRAEL AND THE EVENTS OF HIS REIGN 1. David Anointed King over all Israel CHAPTER 5:1-5 _ 1. David anointed king over all Israel (2 Samuel 5:1)_ 2. Duration of his reign (2 Samuel 5:4) The events of the reign of David over Judah had a beneficial effect upon all Israel. After Ish-bosheth's death all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron. It is a blessed scene when they appear to anoint him King over all Israel. 1 Chronicles 12 should here be consulted. In that chapter the names of those are given who stood by David. In verse 38 we read: “All these men of war, that could keep rank, came with a perfect heart to Hebron, to make David king over all Israel; an

DAVID BECOMES KING OF UNITED ISRAEL AND JUDAH. HE CAPTURES JERUSALEM (J). (_Cf._ p. 282.) Two notes have been added to this section (2 Samuel 5:4 f. and 2 Samuel 5:13), of the same character as 2 Samuel 2:10_ a_, 11, 2 Samuel 3:1, and probably by the same hand. 2 SAMUEL 5:1. On the basis of terms, a covenant, agreed upon between him and the elders, or Sheikhs, of Israel, David is anointed king over Israel, thus becoming king of both Israel and Judah. This act brought Judah into organic union with the other tribes, for the first

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. FEED. feed as. shepherd....

_thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel_ David had won the good-will of the people as their leader in war. Cp. 1Sa 18:5; 1 Samuel 18:13; 1 Samuel 18:16. _the_Lord _said to thee_ See note on ch. 2 Samuel 3:9. _Thou shalt feed_ Lit. "thou shalt _shepherd_" (LXX. ποιμανεῖς): a natural metaphor to express the ruler's care for his people. It is used by Greek poets, e.g. Homer, whose regular title for Agamemnon is ποιμὴν λαῶν, "shepherd of the peoples." But it was especially appropriate in the case of David, who was taken from the sheepfolds of Bethlehem to be the shepherd of Israel (Psalms

THOU SHALT FEED MY PEOPLE— Bishop Patrick observes, that this is the first time we meet with any ruler or governor of a people characterised under the idea of a shepherd, though it was afterwards very familiar both with the Greeks and Romans; and I cannot but think it remarkable, that the first man so characterised, was at first, in fact, a shepherd: and when we find him, after his advancement to the throne, still characterised by God himself under the same idea; what can be a clearer inference, than that God's raising him to be a king was but exalting him to a nobler office of the same nature with his first? How fine a document is this to princes, that they are not, in the intention of Providence, the tyrants, but the guardians of their people; that their business is the preservation and well-being of the flock, from the duty they owe to the great Lord and owner of both! And how fully i...

5. David Made King Over All Israel, 2 Samuel 5:1-15. _David King Over All Israel._ 2 Samuel 5:1-5 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we _are_ thy bone and thy flesh. 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the Lord: and they anointed David king over Israel. 4 David _was_ thirty years old when he began to reign, _and_ he reigned forty years. 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned t