Teks -- 2 Samuel 5:1-2 (NET)

David Is Anointed King Over Israel

5:1 All the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron saying, “Look, we are your very flesh and blood! 5:2 In the past, when Saul was our king, you were the real leader in Israel. The Lord said to you, ‘You will shepherd my people Israel; you will rule over Israel.’”

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Wesley: 2Sa 5:2 - Shalt feed

That is, rule them, and take care of them, as a shepherd doth of his sheep, Psa 78:70-71. This expression, he useth to admonish David, that he was not made a king to advance his own glory, but for the good of his people; whom he ought to rule with all tenderness, and to watch over with all diligence.

JFB: 2Sa 5:1-2 - Then came all the tribes of Israel

A combined deputation of the leading authorities in every tribe. [See on 1Ch 11:1.] David possessed the first and indispensable qualification for the throne; namely, that of being an Israelite (Deu 17:15). Of his military talent he had furnished ample proof. And the people's desire for his assumption of the government of Israel was further increased by their knowledge of the will and purpose of God, as declared by Samuel (1Sa 16:11-13).

Clarke: 2Sa 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel

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.

TSK: 2Sa 5:1 - came // we

came : 1Ch 11:1-3, 12:23-40

we : 2Sa 19:13; Gen 29:14; Deu 17:15; Jdg 9:2; Eph 5:30; Heb 2:14

TSK: 2Sa 5:2 - leddest out // feed // a captain

leddest out : Num 27:17; 1Sa 18:13, 1Sa 18:16, 1Sa 25:28; Isa 55:4

feed : 2Sa 7:7; 1Sa 16:1, 1Sa 16:12, 1Sa 16:13, 1Sa 25:30; Psa 78:70-72; Isa 40:11; Eze 34:23; Eze 37:24, Eze 37:25; Mic 5:4; Mat 2:6; Joh 10:3, Joh 10:4, Joh 10:11

a captain : 1Sa 9:16, 1Sa 13:14; 2Ki 20:5; Isa 55:4; Heb 2:10

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Poole: 2Sa 5:1 - Thy bone and thy flesh

Thy bone and thy flesh i.e. thy brethren, or kinsmen, of the same nation and parentage, though not of the same tribe; and therefore, as God’ s law, Deu 17:15 , permits us, so our own relation and affection incline us, to choose thee for our king; and we doubt not thou wilt receive us for thy subjects and people, and pardon our offences against thee.

Poole: 2Sa 5:2 - The Lord said to thee // Thou shalt feed my people Israel

Thou wast our chief commander in our expeditions against the Philistines, and therefore art most fit to be king over us.

The Lord said to thee to wit, by Samuel, 1Sa 16:11-13 ; for though the words vary, yet the sense is the same.

Thou shalt feed my people Israel i.e. rule them, and take care of them, as a shepherd doth of his sheep, Psa 78:70,71 . This expression he useth to admonish David, that he was not made a king to advance his own glory and interest, but for the good and benefit of his people; and that he ought to rule them with all tenderness, and to watch over them with all diligence.

Haydock: 2Sa 5:1 - Over

Over. Hebrew, "for." The king is bound to promote the welfare of his people. (Calmet) ---

But the same word means "over," as the Protestants allow. (Haydock) ---

Success constantly attending David, was an earnest that the Lord had not rejected him. (Calmet)

Haydock: 2Sa 5:1 - Tribes // Flesh

Tribes. Thus were God's promises sweetly fulfilled, and David obtained the quiet dominion over all Israel, excepting perhaps a few of the tribe of Benjamin, according to the Vulgate, 1 Paralipomenon xii. 29. an army of 340,822 was collected on this occasion; and David signalized the commencement of his reign, by the taking of Jerusalem. (Calmet) ---

The tribe is Issachar is not specified in the text; but Josephus asserts, that 20,000 of them assembled; so that the army would amount to 359 (Salien) or 60[360?] thousand, besides the 822. (Calmet) ---

These might be considered as deputies of all the rest of their brethren, 1 Paralipomenon xii. 38. They were abundantly supplied with all necessities. (Salien) ---

Flesh, of the same nation, as Moses had specified, Deuteronomy xvii. 15. (Calmet) ---

They now relinquish all the seeds of division, which had before hindered them from joining with their brethren of Juda. Kennicott discovers several important alterations, by comparing this history with 1 Chronicles xi. (Dissert. i.) (Haydock)

Haydock: 2Sa 5:2 - Lead out // Feed

Lead out to battle. His experience in war was a great recommendation. (Haydock) ---

Feed, as a shepherd, under which character he is first represented. (Haydock) ---

Other rulers were afterwards honoured with the same title, (Calmet) particularly the governors of the Church, Acts xx., &c. David's name is written without i, in the books before the captivity; whence Kennicott would infer, that the canticles were perhaps not the work of Solomon, as the i occurs there; Duid for Dud. (Haydock)

Gill: 2Sa 5:1 - Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron // and spake, saying, we are thy bone and thy flesh

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron,.... All the rest of the tribes, save the tribe of Judah, who had made him king over them in Hebron seven years ago. These were ambassadors sent in the name of the several tribes to him, quickly after the deaths of Abner and Ishbosheth; from having any hand in which David had sufficiently cleared himself, and which had tended to reconcile the minds of the people of Israel to him:

and spake, saying, we are thy bone and thy flesh; for though he was of the tribe of Judah, yet as all the tribes sprung from one man, they were all one bone, flesh, and blood; all nearly related to each other, all of the same general family of which David was; and so, according to their law, a fit person to be their king, Deu 16:18; and from whom they might expect clemency and tenderness, being so near akin to them.

Gill: 2Sa 5:2 - 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

Also in time past, when Saul was king over us,.... Even over all the tribes of Israel:

thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel; that led out the armies of Israel against their enemies, fought their battles for them, obtained victories, and brought the troops under his command home in safety; and the remembrance of these valiant acts of his, which then endeared him to the people, was now another reason for their choosing him king: and another follows, the chiefest of them all:

and the Lord said to thee; when anointed by Samuel; for though what follows is not recorded in so many words, yet the sense of it is expressed in the anointing him to be king, whose office, as such, lay in doing the following things:

thou shalt feed my people Israel; as a shepherd feeds his flock; hence kings were frequently called shepherds, and David particularly, in which he was an eminent type of Christ, see Psa 78:71,

and thou shalt be a captain over Israel; the Targum is,"and thou shalt be king over Israel;''which gives the true sense of the tribes, and which was the chief and prevailing reason with them to make him their king; and which they, at least many of them, would have done before, even immediately upon the death of Saul, but that they were persuaded by Abner to yield obedience to Ishbosheth he set up.