2 Samuel 5
5
David Becomes King of Israel
(1 Chronicles 11.1-3)
1Israel's leaders met with David at Hebron and said, “We are your relatives. 2Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And the Lord promised that someday you would rule Israel and take care of us like a shepherd.”
3During the meeting, David made an agreement with the leaders and asked the Lord to be their witness. Then the leaders poured olive oil on David's head to show that he was now the king of Israel.
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1 K 2.10,11; 1 Ch 3.1-4; 29.27. David was 30 years old when he became king, and he ruled for 40 years. 5He lived in Hebron for the first seven and a half years and ruled only Judah. Then he moved to Jerusalem, where he ruled both Israel and Judah for 33 years.
How David Captured Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 11.4-9; 14.1,2)
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Js 15.63; Jg 1.21. The Jebusites lived in Jerusalem, and David led his army there to attack them. The Jebusites did not think he could get in, so they told him, “You can't get in here! We could keep you out, even if we couldn't see or walk!”
7-9David told his troops, “You will have to go up through the water tunnel to get those Jebusites. I hate people like them#5.7-9 You will … them: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. who can't walk or see.”
That's why there is still a rule that says, “Only people who can walk and see are allowed in the temple.”#5.7-9 temple: Or “palace.”
David captured the fortress on Mount Zion, then he moved there and named it David's City. He had the city rebuilt, starting with the landfill to the east. 10David became a great and strong ruler, because the Lord All-Powerful was on his side.
11King Hiram of Tyre sent some officials to David. Carpenters and stone workers came with them, and they brought cedar logs so they could build David a palace.
12David knew that the Lord had made him king of Israel and that he had made him a powerful ruler for the good of his people.
David's Sons Born in Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 14.3-7)
13After David left Hebron and moved to Jerusalem, he married many women#5.13 married many women: Some of these women were second-class wives (see the note at 3.7). from Jerusalem,#5.13 from Jerusalem: Or “in Jerusalem.” and he had a lot of children. 14His sons who were born there were Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, Solomon, 15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16Elishama, Eliada,#5.16 Eliada: See 1 Chronicles 3.6-8. First Chronicles 14.7 has “Beeliada.” and Eliphelet.
David Fights the Philistines
(1 Chronicles 14.8-17)
17The Philistines heard that David was now king of Israel, and they came into the hill country to try and capture him. But David found out and went into his fortress.#5.17 fortress: Probably the fortress of Adullam, which was David's former hideout (see 1 Samuel 22.1,4; 24.22). Or it could refer to the older walled city of Jerusalem, called the “fortress on Mount Zion” in verses 7-9. 18So the Philistines camped in Rephaim Valley.#5.18 Rephaim Valley: A few kilometers southwest of Jerusalem.
19David asked the Lord, “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you let me win?”
The Lord told David, “Attack! I will let you win.”
20David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. Then he said, “I watched the Lord break through my enemies like a mighty flood.” So he named the place “The Lord Broke Through.”#5.20 The Lord Broke Through: Or “Baal-Perazim.” 21David and his troops also carried away the idols that the Philistines had left behind.
22Some time later, the Philistines came back into the hill country and camped in Rephaim Valley. 23David asked the Lord what he should do, and the Lord answered:
Don't attack them from the front. Circle around behind and attack from among the balsam#5.23 balsam: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text. trees. 24Wait until you hear a sound in the treetops like marching troops. Then attack quickly! That sound will mean I have marched out ahead of you to fight the Philistine army.
25David obeyed the Lord and defeated the Philistines. He even chased them all the way from Geba to the entrance to Gezer.
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2 Samuel 5
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David, King of Israel
1All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron#1Ch 11:1–3 and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.#5:1 Lit your bone and your flesh#Gn 29:14 2Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back.#1Sm 18:5,12–16 The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be ruler over Israel.’”
3So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron. King David made a covenant with them#2Sm 3:12–13,21 at Hebron in the Lord’s presence, and they anointed David king over Israel.
4David was thirty years old when he began his reign;#1Kg 2:11; 1Ch 29:26–27 he reigned forty years. 5In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.
6The king and his men marched to Jerusalem against the Jebusites#Jos 15:63; Jdg 1:21 who inhabited the land. The Jebusites had said to David, “You will never get in here. Even the blind and lame can repel you” thinking, “David can’t get in here.”
7Yet David did capture the stronghold of Zion, that is, the city of David.#Lk 2:4 8He said that day, “Whoever attacks the Jebusites must go through the water shaft to reach the lame and the blind who are despised by David.”#5:8 Alt Hb tradition, LXX, Tg, Syr read who despise David For this reason it is said, “The blind and the lame will never enter the house.”#5:8 Or temple, or palace
9David took up residence in the stronghold, which he named the city of David. He built it up all the way around from the supporting terraces inward. 10David became more and more powerful,#2Sm 3:1 and the Lord God of Armies was with him.#1Ch 11:9 11King Hiram of Tyre sent envoys to David; he also sent cedar logs, carpenters, and stonemasons,#1Kg 5:1,10,18 and they built a palace for David. 12Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
13After he arrived from Hebron, David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem, and more sons and daughters were born to him. 14These are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan,#Lk 3:31 Solomon, 15Ibhar, Elishua, Nepheg, Japhia, 16Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.#1Ch 3:5–8; 14:1–7
17When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel,#1Ch 14:8–17 they all went in search of David, but he heard about it and went down to the stronghold.#1Sm 22:4–5; 2Sm 23:14 18So the Philistines came and spread out in Rephaim Valley.
19Then David inquired of the Lord:#2Sm 2:1 “Should I attack the Philistines? Will you hand them over to me?”
The Lord replied to David, “Attack, for I will certainly hand the Philistines over to you.”
20So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there and said, “Like a bursting flood, the Lord has burst out against my enemies before me.”#Is 28:21 Therefore, he named that place The Lord Bursts Out.#5:20 Or Baal-perazim; 2Sm 6:8; 1Ch 13:11 21The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his men carried them off.
22The Philistines came up again and spread out in Rephaim Valley. 23So David inquired of the Lord, and he answered, “Do not attack directly, but circle around behind them and come at them opposite the balsam trees. 24When you hear the sound of marching in the tops of the balsam trees, act decisively, for then the Lord will have gone out ahead of you to strike down the army of the Philistines.”#2Kg 7:6 25So David did exactly as the Lord commanded him, and he struck down the Philistines all the way from Geba to Gezer.
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