2 Samuel 5:1

David Reigns over All Israel

1 Then all the tribes of Israel ^acame to David at Hebron and spoke, saying, “Indeed ^bwe are your bone and your flesh.

2 Also, in time past, when Saul was king over us, ^ayou were the one who led Israel out and brought them in; and the Lord said to you, ^b‘You shall shepherd My people Israel, and be ruler over Israel.’ ”

3 ^aTherefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, ^band King David made a covenant with them at Hebron ^cbefore the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel.

4 David was ^athirty years old when he began to reign, and ^bhe reigned forty years.

5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah ^aseven years and six months, and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years over all Israel and Judah.

The Conquest of Jerusalem

6 ^aAnd the king and his men went to Jerusalem against ^bthe Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who spoke to David, saying, “You shall not come in here; but the blind and the lame will repel you,” thinking, “David cannot come in here.”

7 Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion ^a(that is, the City of David).

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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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.

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