_NOW HIRAM KING OF TYRE SENT MESSENGERS TO DAVID, AND TIMBER OF CEDARS, WITH MASONS AND CARPENTERS, TO BUILD HIM AN HOUSE._ Now Hiram king of Tyre. The alliance with this neighbouring king, and the important advantages derived from it, were among the most fortunate circumstances in David's reign. T... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID PERCEIVED THAT THE LORD HAD CONFIRMED HIM KING OVER ISRAEL, FOR HIS KINGDOM WAS LIFTED UP ON HIGH, BECAUSE OF HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL._ His kingdom was lifted up on high, because of his people Israel. This is an important truth, that sovereigns are invested with royal honour and authority, not... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID TOOK MORE WIVES AT JERUSALEM: AND DAVID BEGAT MORE SONS AND DAUGHTERS._ David took more wives at Jerusalem - (see the note at 2 Samuel 3:5.) His concubines are mentioned, 1 Chronicles 3:9; where also is given a list of his children (1 Chronicles 3:5), and those born in Jerusalem (2 Samue... [ Continue Reading ]
_NOW THESE ARE THE NAMES OF HIS CHILDREN WHICH HE HAD IN JERUSALEM; SHAMMUA, AND SHOBAB, NATHAN, AND SOLOMON,_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THE PHILISTINES HEARD THAT DAVID WAS ANOINTED KING OVER ALL ISRAEL, ALL THE PHILISTINES WENT UP TO SEEK DAVID. AND DAVID HEARD OF IT, AND WENT OUT AGAINST THEM._ All the Philistines went up to seek David. In the hope of accomplishing his ruin (for so the phrase is used, 1 Samuel 23:15; 1... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PHILISTINES CAME AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM._ _ AND THE PHILISTINES CAME AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO THEY CAME UP TO BAALPERAZIM; AND DAVID SMOTE THEM THERE. THEN DAVID SAID, GOD HATH BROKEN IN UPON MINE ENEMIES BY MINE HAND LIKE THE BREAKING FORTH OF WATERS: THEREFORE THEY CALLED THE NAME OF THAT PLACE BAALPERAZIM._ They came up to Baal-perazim; and David smote them there. In an engagement fo... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY HAD LEFT THEIR GODS THERE, DAVID GAVE A COMMANDMENT, AND THEY WERE BURNED WITH FIRE._ When they had left their gods - (see the note at 2 Samuel 5:21.)... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PHILISTINES YET AGAIN SPREAD THEMSELVES ABROAD IN THE VALLEY._ The Philistines yet again spread themselves. They renewed the campaign the next season, taking the same route. David, according to divine directions, did not confront them.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEREFORE DAVID INQUIRED AGAIN OF GOD; AND GOD SAID UNTO HIM, GO NOT UP AFTER THEM; TURN AWAY FROM_ _ THEM, AND COME UPON THEM OVER AGAINST THE MULBERRY TREES._ Go not up after them. The text in 2 Samuel 5:23 more correctly has, "Go not up." TURN AWAY FROM THEM - i:e., by stealing round a Baca-g... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IT SHALL BE, WHEN THOU SHALT HEAR A SOUND OF GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY TREES, THAT THEN THOU SHALT GO OUT TO BATTLE: FOR GOD IS GONE FORTH BEFORE THEE TO SMITE THE HOST OF THE PHILISTINES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID THEREFORE DID AS GOD COMMANDED HIM: AND THEY SMOTE THE HOST OF THE PHILISTINES FROM GIBEON EVEN TO GAZER._ From Gibeon ... to Gazer - Geba or Gibea (2 Samuel 5:25), now Jib'a, in the province of Judah. The line from this to Gazer was intersected by the roads which led from Judah to the citie... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE FAME OF DAVID WENT OUT INTO ALL LANDS; AND THE LORD BROUGHT THE FEAR OF HIM UPON ALL NATIONS._ And the fame of David went out into all lands, х_ BªKAAL_ (H3605) _ HAA'ªRAATSOWT_ (H776), into all the lands]. AND THE LORD BROUGHT THE FEAR OF HIM UPON ALL NATIONS, х_ `AL_ (H5921) _ KAAL_ (H36... [ Continue Reading ]