DAVID IS AT LAST ANOINTED AS KING OVER ALL ISRAEL (2 SAMUEL 5:1). This section began in 2 Samuel 2:1 onwards with David being anointed as king over Judah, and it now ends with David being anointed as king over all Israel. In all that went in between YHWH had been preserving David for this moment. A... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID CAPTURES THE JEBUSITE FORTRESS AT JERUSALEM IN ORDER TO DELIVER IT FROM THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND AND SO THAT HE CAN MAKE IT HIS CAPITAL CITY AND STRONGHOLD (2 SAMUEL 5:6). Note how it is stressed that the main reason for David's venture against Jerusalem was because it was inhabited by ‘the... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID IS ESTABLISHED AS KING OVER ISRAEL, GROWING GREATER AND GREATER BECAUSE YHWH IS WITH HIM. THE KING OF TYRE SEEKS TREATY-FRIENDSHIP WITH DAVID AND BUILDS HIM A HOUSE OF CEDAR DEMONSTRATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF HIS KINGSHIP (2 SAMUEL 5:10). David continues to grow greater and greater because YH... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID'S OWN CONTINUING FRUITFULNESS (2 SAMUEL 5:13). A further indication of YHWH's hand on David was the fact that he was so fruitful and had so many sons and daughters. This was on top of the sons who had previously been born to him in Hebron (2 Samuel 3:2). ANALYSIS. a And David took for hims... [ Continue Reading ]
DAVID ONCE AGAIN OVERWHELMS THE PHILISTINES WITH THE HELP OF YHWH (2 SAMUEL 5:17). It was inevitable that once the news reached the Philistines that David had been anointed as king over all Israel, they would seek to intervene. It had been one thing when he had been king over Judah as their vassal,... [ Continue Reading ]