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 anoint him king. They gave three reasons for their act,
nearly all of which; however, would have be... [ Continue Reading ]
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 a prosperous kind. "David," we are told, "waxed greater and
greater, for the Lord of hosts was wit... [ Continue Reading ]