2 Samuel 5 - Introduction
_DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OF ALL ISRAEL. HE TAKES THE STRONG-HOLD OF SION FROM THE JEBUSITES, BUILDS HIMSELF A HOUSE, AND TWICE OVERCOMES THE PHILISTINES._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
_DAVID IS ANOINTED KING OF ALL ISRAEL. HE TAKES THE STRONG-HOLD OF SION FROM THE JEBUSITES, BUILDS HIMSELF A HOUSE, AND TWICE OVERCOMES THE PHILISTINES._ _Before Christ 1048._... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU SHALT FEED MY PEOPLE— Bishop Patrick observes, that this is the first time we meet with any ruler or governor of a people characterised under the idea of a shepherd, though it was afterwards very familiar both with the Greeks and Romans; and I cannot but think it remarkable, that the first man... [ Continue Reading ]
THE KING AND HIS MEN WENT TO JERUSALEM— David was of an enterprising genius, which he always employed for the honour and interest of his country. His siege of Jerusalem was founded in justice, and the taking it was necessary to the safety of his government and people. It was situated in the middle o... [ Continue Reading ]
WHOSOEVER, &C.— Dr. Kennicott observes, that the Hebrew word צנור _zinnor, gutter,_ occurs but once more in the Bible, and does not seem commonly understood in this place. The English version calls it a _gutter;_ the Vulgate, _pipes;_ Vatablus, _channels;_ Junius and Tremellius, _a common sewer;_ Po... [ Continue Reading ]
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 regular city. _Millo_ is a word that has greatly perplexed the commentators: but it seems to have been t... [ Continue Reading ]
HIRAM KING OF TYRE SENT MESSENGERS— The accounts left us of this king are but short; it is evident, however, that he was a magnificent and generous prince, and a believer in the true God, as appears from the form of his congratulation to Solomon upon his accession to the throne, 1 Kings 5:7. And thi... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SOUND OF A GOING IN THE TOPS OF THE MULBERRY-TREES— "This may be rendered, _among the first of the mulberry-trees; i.e._ among the trees which were the first in order, and by which they entered into the grove; so that God gives David for a sign, the sound of many men's feet, walking on the groun... [ Continue Reading ]