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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 In times past, when Saul was king over us, it was thou that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and Jehovah said to thee, Thou shalt be shepherd of my people Israel, and thou shalt be prince over Israel. |
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| 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a covenant with them in Hebron before Jehovah: 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-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 against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, who 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 stronghold 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 smiteth the Jebusites, let him get up to the watercourse, and smite these lame and these blind, that are hated of David’s soul. Wherefore they say, There are the blind and the lame; he cannot come into the house. |
Up to the gutter – The water courses. R2001:6
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| 9 And David dwelt in the stronghold, and called it the city of David. And David built round about from Millo and inward. |
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| 10 And David waxed greater and greater; for Jehovah, the 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 a house. |
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| 12 And David perceived that Jehovah 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 are the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem: Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, |
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| 15 and Ibhar, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia, |
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| 16 and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet. |
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| 17 And when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel, all the Philistines went up to seek David; and David heard of it, and went down to the stronghold. |
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| 18 Now the Philistines had come and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. |
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| 19 And David inquired of Jehovah, saying, Shall I go up against the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into my hand? And Jehovah said unto David, Go up; for I will certainly deliver the Philistines into thy 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 Baal-perazim, and David smote them there; and he said, Jehovah hath broken mine enemies before me, like the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim. |
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 they left their images there; and David and his men took them away. |
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 Jehovah, he said, Thou shalt not go up: make a circuit behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees. |
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| 24 And it shall be, when thou hearest the sound of marching in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself; for then is Jehovah gone out before thee to smite the host of the Philistines. |
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| 25 And David did so, as Jehovah commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gezer. |
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