Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion, the southern and highest hill of Jerusalem; the same is the City of David. The name Zion afterwards was applied to the Temple of Jehovah situated on this hill, and so finally was used as a designation of the Church of God, both in the Old and in the New Testament. A special incident of the siege of Jerusalem is now mentioned.
THE STRONGHOLD OF ZION - Or castle 1 Chronicles 11:5, 1 Chronicles 11:7. The ancient Zion was the hill on which the temple stood, and the castle seems to have been immediately to the north of the temp...
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...
THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION: i.e. the hill of Ophel, immediately south of Moriah. ZION. First occurrence. Occurs 154 times in O.T. (7. 22, App-10); used later (especially in prophecy) of the whole city....
_Nevertheless_ Heb. simply, AND. _the strong hold of Zion_ See Additional Note VI. p. 239....
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...
_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...
_NEVERTHELESS DAVID TOOK THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION: THE SAME IS THE CITY OF DAVID._ Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion, х_ MªTSUDAT_ (H4686) _ TSIYOWN_ (H6726)] - the citadel of the dry or...
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....
THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION] called later on the 'city' (i.e. citadel) 'of David,' because he built and fortified it. It is to be noticed that the city of David does not mean the city of Jerusalem but the...
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...
וַ יִּלְכֹּ֣ד דָּוִ֔ד אֵ֖ת מְצֻדַ֣ת צִיֹּ֑ון...
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...
_Castle: "the lower city," (Josephus) spread over Mount Sion._...
(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...
NEVERTHELESS, DAVID TOOK THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION,.... A fortress without the city, and separate from it, and which was very strong; and the taking it might facilitate the taking of the city, which yet...
Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same [is] the city of David. Ver. 7. _Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion._] And the rather for their carnal confidence which God had r...
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...
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...
THE STRONG HOLD OF ZION; either, 1. A very strong fort which fitly had built upon Mount Zion; which being taken, the city quickly yielded. Or, 2. The city of Zion, which was very strongly fortified....
2 Samuel 5:7 David H1732 took H3920 (H8799) stronghold H4686 Zion H6726 City H5892 David H1732) Zion -...
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...
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 11:7; 1 Kings 2:10; 1 Kings 3:1; 1 Kings 8:1;...