2 Samuel 5:2

Thou wast our chief commander in our expeditions against the Philistines, and therefore art most fit to be king over us. The Lord said to thee, to wit, by Samuel, 1 Samuel 16:11; for though the words vary, yet the sense is the same. Thou shalt feed my people Israel i.e. rule them, and take care of them, as a shepherd doth of his sheep, Psalms 78:70,71. This expression he useth to admonish David, that he was not made a king to advance his own glory and interest, but for the good and benefit of his people; and that he ought to rule them with all tenderness, and to watch over them with all diligence.