_THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO DAVID UNTO HEBRON, AND SPAKE, SAYING, BEHOLD, WE ARE THY BONE AND THY FLESH._ Then came all the tribes of Israel - a combined deputation of the leading authorities in every tribe. David possessed the first and indispensable qualification for the throne-namely,... [ Continue Reading ]
_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... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ And they anointed David king over Israel - (see the notes at 1 Samuel 10:1.) KING DAVID MADE A LEAGUE WITH THEM - (see the notes at... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID WAS THIRTY YEARS OLD WHEN HE BEGAN TO REIGN, AND HE REIGNED FORTY YEARS._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_IN HEBRON HE REIGNED OVER JUDAH SEVEN YEARS AND SIX MONTHS: AND IN JERUSALEM HE REIGNED THIRTY AND THREE YEARS OVER ALL ISRAEL AND JUDAH._ In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months - (see the notes at 2 Samuel 11:10.) 'Those were the best days of David; and we know, from his own l... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE KING AND HIS MEN WENT TO JERUSALEM UNTO THE JEBUSITES, THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND: WHICH SPAKE UNTO DAVID, SAYING, EXCEPT THOU TAKE AWAY THE BLIND AND THE LAME, THOU SHALT NOT COME IN HITHER: THINKING, DAVID CANNOT COME IN HITHER._ The king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites... [ Continue Reading ]
_NEVERTHELESS DAVID TOOK THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION: THE SAME IS THE CITY OF DAVID._ Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, х_ MªTSUDAT_ (H4686) _ TSIYOWN_ (H6726)] - the citadel of the dry or sunny mount. It was the southwesternmost of the hills. Fergusson ('Topography of Ancient Jerusalem,... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID SAID ON THAT DAY, WHOSOEVER GETTETH UP TO THE GUTTER, AND SMITETH THE JEBUSITES, AND THE LAME AND THE BLIND, THAT ARE HATED OF DAVID'S SOUL, HE SHALL BE CHIEF AND CAPTAIN. WHEREFORE THEY SAID, THE BLIND AND THE LAME SHALL NOT COME INTO THE HOUSE._ Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO DAVID DWELT IN THE FORT, AND CALLED IT THE CITY OF DAVID. AND DAVID BUILT ROUND ABOUT FROM MILLO AND INWARD._ David dwelt in the fort ... Having taken it by storm, he changed its name to "The city of David," to signify the importance of the conquest, and to perpetuate the memory of the event.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID WENT ON, AND GREW GREAT, AND THE LORD GOD OF HOSTS WAS WITH HIM._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HIRAM KING OF TYRE SENT MESSENGERS TO DAVID, AND CEDAR TREES, AND CARPENTERS, AND MASONS: AND THEY BUILT DAVID AN HOUSE._ Hiram king of Tyre - i:e., old Tyre, which stood on the continent. SENT ... CARPENTERS, AND MASONS. The influx of Tyrian architects and mechanics affords a clear evidence... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID PERCEIVED THAT THE LORD HAD ESTABLISHED HIM KING OVER ISRAEL, AND THAT HE HAD EXALTED HIS KINGDOM FOR HIS PEOPLE ISRAEL'S SAKE._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID TOOK HIM MORE CONCUBINES AND WIVES OUT OF JERUSALEM, AFTER HE WAS COME FROM HEBRON: AND THERE WERE YET SONS AND DAUGHTERS BORN TO DAVID._ David took him more concubines and wives. In this conduct David transgressed an express law, which forbade the king of Israel to multiply wives unto h... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THESE BE THE NAMES OF THOSE THAT WERE BORN UNTO HIM IN JERUSALEM; SHAMMUAH, AND SHOBAB, AND NATHAN, AND SOLOMON,_ NO JFB COMMENTARY ON THESE VERSES.... [ Continue Reading ]
_BUT WHEN THE PHILISTINES HEARD THAT THEY HAD ANOINTED DAVID KING OVER ISRAEL, ALL THE PHILISTINES CAME UP TO SEEK DAVID; AND DAVID HEARD OF IT, AND WENT DOWN TO THE HOLD._ When the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel. During the civil war between the house of Saul and D... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PHILISTINES ALSO CAME AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM._ Valley of Rephaim - i:e., of giants (2 Samuel 5:18; 2 Samuel 5:22; 1 Samuel 23:13; 1 Chronicles 11:5; 1 Chronicles 14:9; 1 Chronicles 14:13); of the giants (see the notes at Joshua 15:8;... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID INQUIRED OF THE LORD, SAYING, SHALL I GO UP TO THE PHILISTINES? WILT THOU DELIVER THEM INTO MINE HAND? AND THE LORD SAID UNTO DAVID, GO UP: FOR I WILL DOUBTLESS DELIVER THE PHILISTINES INTO THINE HAND._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THERE THEY LEFT THEIR IMAGES, AND DAVID AND HIS MEN BURNED THEM._ There they left their images - probably their lares or household deities, which they had brought into the field to fight for them. These were burnt, as ordained By law (Deuteronomy 7:5).... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PHILISTINES CAME UP YET AGAIN, AND SPREAD THEMSELVES IN THE VALLEY OF REPHAIM._ The Philistines came up yet again. The next year they renewed their hostile attempt with a larger force; but God manifestly interposed in David's favour; at least, a slight occurrence produced a panic, and Davi... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN DAVID INQUIRED OF THE LORD, HE SAID, THOU SHALT NOT GO UP; BUT FETCH A COMPASS BEHIND THEM, AND COME UPON THEM OVER AGAINST THE MULBERRY TREES._ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND LET IT BE, WHEN THOU HEAREST THE SOUND OF A GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY TREES, THAT THEN THOU SHALT BESTIR THYSELF: FOR THEN SHALL THE LORD GO OUT BEFORE THEE, TO SMITE THE HOST OF THE PHILISTINES._ The sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees х_ HABªKAA'IYM_ (H1057)] - now gen... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND DAVID DID SO, AS THE LORD HAD COMMANDED HIM; AND SMOTE THE PHILISTINES FROM GEBA UNTIL THOU COME TO GAZER._ Geba until thou come to Gazer. For Geba, see the notes at 1 Samuel 14:1:; Gazer (cf. 1 Chronicles 14:16), or, as elsewhere, Gezer. It stands in Porter's, 'Handbook' in the list of places... [ Continue Reading ]