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Adam Clarke

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2 Samuel 5:1

Then came all the tribes of Israel - Ish-bosheth the king, and Abner the general, being dead, they had no hope of maintaining a separate kingdom, and therefore thought it better to submit to David' s authority. And they founded their resolution on three good arguments:

1.David was their own countryman; We are thy bone and thy flesh.

2.Even in Saul' s time David had been their general, and had always led them to victory; Thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel.

3.God had appointed him to the kingdom, to govern and protect the people; The Lord said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people and be a captain over Israel.

Other Adam Clarke entries containing 2 Samuel 5:1:

1 Chronicles 11:1
Ecclesiastes 8:2

 

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