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2 Samuel 5:1

2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 Samuel 5:1 we are your bone and flesh. Even though there is a distinct division between Judah and the rest of Israel, they still recognize each other as family (compare “brothers,” 2 Samuel 2:26).

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    CHAPTER V _The elders of ad the tribes of Israel come and anoint David_ _king over all Israel_, 1-5. _He goes against the Jebusites, and takes the strong hold of_ _Zion, and afterwards the city it...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Compare the marginal reference. The chronicler adds some interesting details 2Sa. 12:23-40 of the manner in which the various tribes from both sides of the Jordan came to Hebron to make David king, an...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 Samu...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos.App-6._...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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 bon...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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 authorit...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DAVID IS ANOINTED KING, CAPTURES JERUSALEM, AND SMITES THE PHILISTINES 1. There was no longer any member of the house of Saul who could take the lead....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL 2 SAMUEL _HELEN POCOCK_ CHAPTER 5 This chapter records three very important things that David did: (1) He united the nation of *Israel. (2) He made the city of Je...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    ALL THE TRIBES. — Not only as represented by their elders (2 Samuel 5:3), but by the large bodies of their warriors enumerated in 1 Chronicles 12:23. It is to be noticed, then, that the “children of J...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יָּבֹ֜אוּ כָּל ־שִׁבְטֵ֧י יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VI. _ DAVID KING OF ALL ISRAEL._ 2 Samuel 5:1. AFTER seven and a half years of opposition, * David was now left without a rival, and the representatives of the whole tribes came to Hebron to...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    DAVID KING IN JERUSALEM 2 Samuel 5:1 David was anointed thrice: by Samuel in his home, by the men of Judah, and here. So our Lord has been crowned in the Father's purpose and by his Church. There awa...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    At this point the second section in the first movement of the Book commences. David had won the heart of all Israel by his consistent justice and magnanimity toward those who stood in the way of his c...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy (a) bone and thy flesh. (a) We are of your kindred and closely related to you....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Tribes. Thus were God's promises sweetly fulfilled, and David obtained the quiet dominion over all Israel, excepting perhaps a few of the tribe of Benjamin, according to the Vulgate, 1 Paralipomenon x...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This Chapter opens with a brighter prospect to David's life and reign than any before. All the tribes of Israel now come to him, claiming relationship, and offering him the whole kingdom. Dav...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    We have seen the sorrowful circumstances out of which arose the first desire to have a king in Israel, and the remarkable fact that, although it was a sin, God nevertheless did not put the people back...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    David, the king of Judah in Hebron for seven years and a half, becomes the king of all Israel upon Ishbosheth's death And now David is no longer the man of faith who, himself the head of the armies of...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO DAVID UNTO HEBRON,.... All the rest of the tribes, save the tribe of Judah, who had made him king over them in Hebron seven years ago. These were ambassadors sent...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we [are] thy bone and thy flesh. Ver. 1. _Then came all the tribes,_] _i.e., _ Great numbers out of all tribes: out...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Then came all the tribes to David_ That is, elders, deputed as ambassadors from every tribe, sent by a common agreement among them; _saying, Behold, we are bone of thy bone_, &c. Abner and Ish-boshet...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The tribes come to Hebron to annoint Dauid ouer Israel. 4 Dauids age. 6 Hee taking Zion from the Iebusites dwelleth in it. 11 Hiram sendeth to Dauid. 13 Eleuen sonnes are borne to him in Ierusal...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Then, after the death of both Abner and Ishbosheth, CAME ALL THE TRIBES OF ISRAEL TO DAVID UNTO HEBRON, AND SPAKE, SAYING, BEHOLD, WE ARE THY BONE AND THY FLESH, they were all kinsmen of blood by desc...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    DAVID ANOINTED KING OVER ALL ISRAEL...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    Yet the sovereign wisdom of God has been over all these matters, and David's way becomes clear without his fighting for it. God's time had now come for the voluntary submission of the other tribes to...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    2 SAMUEL CHAPTER 5 The tribes come to Hebron to anoint David king over all Israel: the years of his reign at Hebron and Jerusalem: his age, 2 SAMUEL 5:1. He taketh the strong hold of Zion from the Jeb...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Samuel 5:1 tribes H7626 Israel H3478 came H935 (H8799) David H1732 Hebron H2275 spoke H559 (H8799) saying...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: David becomes king over Israel. War with Philistines. CHARACTERS: God, David, Hiram. CONCLUSION: Those who have the Lord of Hosts for them need have no fear what hosts of men or demons can...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Samuel 5:2. _Thou shalt feed my people._ Probably the highpriest, or a prophet, delivered a short coronation charge, as Samuel had already done. This divine promise is made the final reason why they...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake saying, Behold we are thy bone and thy flesh._ DAVID KING OVER ALL ISRAEL It was probably very soon after the death of Ishbosheth...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:1. “THEN, etc. “The tenor of the history leads us to hold with Ewald that the recognition of David as king over all Israel occurred immediately after Ishboshe...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then all of the tribes came to David there in Hebron, and they said, Behold, we're of your bone, we're of your flesh. In times past, when Saul was king, you were the one that led us out to victories o...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 11:1; 1 Chronicles 12:23; 2 Samuel 19:13; Deuteronomy 17:15;...

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