From Millo Which seems to have been the town-hall, or state-house, near the wall of the city of Zion; or, as some think, a tower or armory. The Lord God of hosts was with him This was the cause of his great prosperity, that God, who commands all the armies of heaven and earth, directed and blessed him in all his enterprises.
DAVID DWELT IN THE FORT - or stronghold, (as in 2 Samuel 5:7) i. e. eventually, when the buildings were completed, which may not have been for two or three years. Millo appears to have been a fortress...
2. DAVID'S CONQUEST OF ZION AND VICTORY OVER THE PHILISTINES CHAPTER 5:6-25 _ 1. David's conquest of Zion (2 Samuel 5:6)_ 2. Hiram King of Tyre (2 Samuel 5:11) 3. David's additional concubines and...
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...
FORT. the "strong hold" of 2 Samuel 5:7. Citadel. ROUND ABOUT. the wall, which was continued by Solomon (1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:24; 1 King
The Capture of Jebus = 1 Chronicles 11:4-9 6. _to Jerusalem_, &c. The Chronicler paraphrases the text thus, "to Jerusalem, which is Jebus, where the Jebusites were, the inhabitants of the land." Wri...
_in the fort_ IN THE STRONG HOLD, the same word as in 2 Samuel 5:7, and in 1 Chronicles 11:5 (E. V. castle). _Millo_ THE MILLO. See Additional Note VI., p. 241. _and inward_ Within or under the prot...
DAVID BUILT ROUND ABOUT FROM MILLO— David, having possessed himself of the castle of Zion, joined the castle to the town beneath it, by building houses from one to the other, and made thereby one regu...
_David in Jerusalem._ 2 Samuel 5:6-16 6 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...
_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 cit...
5:9 Millo (d-21) The rampart or citadel....
MILLO] see on 2 Samuel 5:7 and Judges 9:6....
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....
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...
THE FORT. — The same word as _strong hold_ in 2 Samuel 5:7. MILLO. — A word always used in Hebrew with the definite article (except in Judges 9:6; Judges 9:20), _the Millo._ It is probably an old Cana...
וַ יֵּ֤שֶׁב דָּוִד֙ בַּ † מְּצֻדָ֔ה וַ...
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...
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...
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...
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from (e) Millo and inward. (e) He built from the town house round about to his own house (1 Chronicles 11:8)....
Inwards. He built or repaired the higher "city of David," beginning at Mello, to "fill up" the valley, which Solomon finished, and adorned with a palace, 3 Kings ix. 15., and 4 Kings xii. 20. The plac...
(6) В¶ 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...
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...
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...
SO DAVID DWELT IN THE FORT,.... The strong hold of Zion, which he took: AND CALLED IT THE CITY OF DAVID; from his own name, to keep up the memory of his taking it, and of his habitation in it: AND D...
So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. Ver. 9. _So David dwelt in the fort._] After that he had slain all the old inhabitants,...
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...
So David dwelt in the fort, making the castle his residence, AND CALLED IT THE CITY OF DAVID. AND DAVID BUILT ROUND ABOUT FROM MILLO, the citadel or fortification proper, AND INWARD; the fort being on...
JERUSALEM MADE THE CAPITAL...
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...
6-10 The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and th...
Millo seems to have been some large and well fortified building, JUDGES 9:6 2 CHRONICLES 32:5, adjoining or near to the wall of the city of Zion....
2 Samuel 5:9 David H1732 dwelt H3427 (H8799) stronghold H4686 called H7121 (H8799) City H5892 David H1732 David...
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 stre...
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...
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...
_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...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:6 The account of David’s kingship over all of Israel starts with his capture of the Jebusite city of JERUSALEM, on the boundary between Judah and Benjamin. Jerusalem had no...
2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 5:9 THE MILLO (see 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Chronicles 11:8) wa
CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES— 2 Samuel 5:6. “WENT TO JERUSALEM.” “That this took place immediately after the anointing of David as king of Israel is apparent not only from the fact that the account f...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 11:8; 1 Kings 11:27; 1 Kings 9:15; 1 Kings 9:24;...
Millo — Which seems to have been the town — hall or, state — house, near the wall of the city of Zion....