And David took him more concubines and wives of Jerusalem, according to the custom of Oriental monarchs, after he was come from Hebron. In the law pertaining to kings, Deuteronomy 17:17, the taking of many wives had indeed been forbidden the kings of Israel, and David found out to his sorrow that his following the custom of the heathen kings brought him much trouble and heartache. And there were yet sons and daughters born to David.
Verse 2 Samuel 5:13. _DAVID TOOK_ HIM _MORE CONCUBINES_] He had, in all conscience, enough before; he had, in the whole, _eight wives_ and _ten concubines_. That dispensation permitted _polygamy_, bu...
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...
OUT OF. Perhaps this should read "into", as in 1 Chronicles 14:3. But both accounts are independent and complementary....
_took him mo concubines and wives_ In accordance with the general custom of Oriental monarchs. The law of the king in Deuteronomy 17:17 imposes some limitation on the practice. See note on ch. 2 Samue...
David's Palace and Family =1 Chronicles 14:1-7 11. _Hiram king of Tyre_ In 1Ki 5:10; 1 Kings 5:18, the name is spelt _Hirom_, in Chron. _Huram_. Josephus (against Apion i. 18) states, on the author...
_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...
_AND DAVID TOOK HIM MORE CONCUBINES AND WIVES OUT OF JERUSALEM, AFTER HE WAS COME FROM HEBRON: AND THERE WERE YET SONS AND DAUGHTERS BORN TO DAVID._ David took him more concubines and wives. In this...
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...
MORE CONCUBINES AND WIVES. — In Deuteronomy 17:17, the law had been given for the future king, “Neither shall he multiply wives to himself.” David certainly came perilously near a violation of this la...
וַ יִּקַּח֩ דָּוִ֨ד עֹ֜וד פִּֽלַגְשִׁ֤ים וְ נ
CHAPTER VII. _ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED._ 2 Samuel 5:10. THE events in David's reign that followed the capture of Mount Zion and the appointment of Jerusalem as the capital of the country were all of...
JEHOVAH'S VICTORIES OVER THE PHILISTINES 2 Samuel 5:13 David's prosperity led to luxurious living and sensual indulgence, out of which sprang the troubles of his after-life, 2 Samuel 5:13; 2 Samuel...
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...
David took more concubines and wives of Jerusalem. Not harlots, but wives of an inferior condition: for such in Scripture are styled concubines. (Challoner) --- He had in all eight wives, and ten whom...
(13) And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. (14) And these be the names of those that were b...
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...
AND DAVID TOOK [HIM] MORE CONCUBINES AND WIVES OUT OF JERUSALEM, AFTER HE WAS COME FROM HEBRON,.... He had six when he was at Hebron, 2 Samuel 3:2, and now he took more, which was not to his honour, a...
And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. Ver. 13. _And David took him more concubines._] Di...
_David took him more concubines and wives_ This may well be reckoned among David's miscarriages, the multiplication of wives being expressly forbidden to the kings of Israel, Deuteronomy 17:17. It may...
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...
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...
11-16 David's house was not the worse, nor the less fit to be dedicated to God, for being built by the sons of the stranger. It is prophesied of the gospel church, The sons of strangers shall build u...
This may well be reckoned amongst David's miscarriages, the multiplication of wives being expressly forbidden to the king, DEUTERONOMY 17:17. The use of it seems to have been his policy, that hereby h...
2 Samuel 5:13 David H1732 took H3947 (H8799) concubines H6370 wives H802 Jerusalem H3389 after H310 come H935 ...
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...
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...
_And Hiram, king of Tyre, sent messengers to David._ THE KINGDOM ESTABLISHED 1. Now the tide fairly turned in David’s history, and that, instead of a sad chronicle of hardship and disappointment, the...
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 5:13 This is a summary statement about David’s kingship in Jerusalem (compare 2 Samuel 3:2). It does not mean that these sons were all born before...
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 14:3; 1 Chronicles 3:9; 2 Chronicles 11:18; 2 Chronicles 13:21;...
David took, &c. — This may well be reckoned amongst David's miscarriages, the multiplication of wives being expresly forbidden to the king, Deuteronomy 17:17. It seems to have been his policy, that he...