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| 1 Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron, and spake, saying, Behold, we are thy bone and thy flesh. |
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| 2 Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel. |
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| 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel. |
A league with them – Probably a kind of charter outlining the rights and limitations of the people and the king. R2001:3, R4236:1
Anointed David – The third time that anointing oil was put upon his head. R5674:5
King over Israel – David was 37 years old when made king over all Israel. This was 7 ½ years after the death of Saul and about 17 years after David had been first anointed by Samuel. R5674:4
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| 4 David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years.
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| 5 In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years over all Israel and Judah. |
And six months – Thus David actually reigned more than 40 years. HG68:4
Jerusalem – Chosen by David for the capital of the now united kingdom; within Judah, but central to all Israel. R2001:3
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| 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 the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. |
Jebusites – Jerusalem was still inhabited by the Jebusites, a remnant of the Canaanites, whom Israel was commissioned to destroy. R2001:6
Blind and the lame – Boasting defiantly that even the blind and lame among them would be able to defend the city. R2001:6
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| 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. |
Strong hold of Zion – Tower of David, near the Jaffa gate. R1390:2
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| 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house. |
Up to the gutter – The water courses. R2001:6
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| 9 So David dwelt in the fort, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
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| 10 And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him. |
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| 11 And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, and carpenters, and masons: and they built David an house. |
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| 12 And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. |
Established him – The secret of David's success was not merely fixity of purpose, but additionally that his purpose was kept fully in accord with the divine will. R4255:3
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| 13 And David took him more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron: and there were yet sons and daughters born to David. |
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| 14 And these be the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem; Shammuah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
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| 15 Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
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| 16 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. |
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| 17 But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines came up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the hold. |
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| 18 The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 19 And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand. |
Shall I go up – We should never engage in battle without the assurance that the battle is the Lord's, nor forget that our weapons are not carnal. R2015:3
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| 20 And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim. |
Baal-perazim – Type of God's deliverance of regathered Israel. D555
Smote them – Illustrating God's "strange act." (Isa.28:21) R564:6
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| 21 And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them. |
David – Type of Christ. B255
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| 22 And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 23 And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. |
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| 24 And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the LORD go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines. |
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| 25 And David did so, as the LORD had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer. |
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