PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Samuel
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 129,513 words · 374 reading sections
2 Samuel 4:9
2 Samuel 4:9 Ver. 9. And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite,.... In a manner they did not expect: and said unto them, [as] the Lord liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity; spiritual and temporal, especially the latter is meant, and particularly what he had …
159 wordsSECTION 622 Samuel 4:10
2 Samuel 4:10 Ver. 10. When one told me, saying, behold, Saul is dead,.... No more is related, not that he killed him, or assisted in killing him, only that he was dead; by which it appears, as Abarbinel thinks, that the Amalekite did not slay Saul, and that David did not put him to death on that account, but for what…
161 wordsSECTION 632 Samuel 4:11
2 Samuel 4:11 Ver. 11. How much more, when wicked men have slain a righteous person,.... As Ishbosheth was in comparison of the wicked men that slew him; though not with respect to David, if he knew of his divine designation to the throne; nor with respect to Mephibosheth his eldest brother's son, whose right to the t…
336 wordsSECTION 642 Samuel 4:12
2 Samuel 4:12 Ver. 12. And David commanded his young men, and they slew them,.... He ordered some of his guards about him to fall on them, and put them to death; and they accordingly did: and cut off their hands and their feet; their hands, which had smote Ishbosheth, and cut off his head; and their feet, which had b…
259 wordsSECTION 652 Samuel 5:1
2 Samuel 5:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 5 In this chapter we have an account of all the tribes of Israel coming to Hebron, and anointing David king over them, 2Sa 5:1; of his expedition against the Jebusites in Jerusalem, and taking from them the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:6; of his building an house for himself, …
269 wordsSECTION 662 Samuel 5:2
2 Samuel 5:2 Ver. 2. 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 …
247 wordsSECTION 672 Samuel 5:3
2 Samuel 5:3 Ver. 3. So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron,.... Which either explains what is meant by the tribes coming to him, 2Sa 5:1; namely, coming by their elders as their representatives; or else the meaning is, that the messengers the tribes sent, when they returned and reported the favourable…
346 wordsSECTION 682 Samuel 5:4
2 Samuel 5:4 Ver. 4. David [was] thirty years old when he began reign,.... Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he entered upon his public ministry, Lu 3:23; [and] he reigned forty years; and six months, as appears by 2Sa 5:5; but the months are not mentioned, only the round number of years give…
105 wordsSECTION 692 Samuel 5:5
2 Samuel 5:5 Ver. 5. In Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months,.... So long the kingdom of Israel continued in the house of Saul after his death; and by this it appears that David was near thirty eight years of age when the elders of Israel came and made him their king: and in Jerusalem he reigned th…
121 wordsSECTION 702 Samuel 5:6
2 Samuel 5:6 Ver. 6. And the king and his men went to Jerusalem,.... Which, at least part of it, belonged to the tribe of Benjamin; and therefore until all Israel, and that tribe, with the rest, made him king, he did not attempt the reduction of it, but now he immediately set out on an expedition against it: unto the…
655 wordsSECTION 712 Samuel 5:7
2 Samuel 5:7 Ver. 7. Nevertheless, David took the strong hold of Zion,.... A fortress without the city, and separate from it, and which was very strong; and the taking it might facilitate the taking of the city, which yet as appears by what follows, was very difficult to do: the same [is] the city of David; it was af…
70 wordsSECTION 722 Samuel 5:8
2 Samuel 5:8 Ver. 8. And David said on that day,.... On which he took the strong hold of Zion: whosoever getteth up to the gutter; where it is generally supposed the blind and lame were, whether images or real men: but what is meant by "Tzinnur", we render "gutter", is not easy to say; we follow some of the Jewish wr…
693 wordsSECTION 732 Samuel 5:9
2 Samuel 5:9 Ver. 9. So David dwelt in the fort,.... The strong hold of Zion, which he took: and called it the city of David; from his own name, to keep up the memory of his taking it, and of his habitation in it: and David built round about, from Millo and inward; built a wall about it, and enlarged the place, incr…
302 wordsSECTION 742 Samuel 5:10
2 Samuel 5:10 Ver. 10. And David went on, and grew great,.... In honour and wealth, in fame and reputation, in subduing his enemies, obtaining conquests over them, and enlarging his dominions: and the Lord God of hosts, of armies above and below, [was] with him: to whom all his prosperity and success was owing. The …
74 wordsSECTION 752 Samuel 5:11
2 Samuel 5:11 Ver. 11. And Hiram king of Tyre,.... This was father of that Hiram that lived in the times of Solomon, whose name was Abibalus before he took the name of Hiram, which became a common name of the kings of Tyre; his former name may be seen in the ancient historians quoted by Josephus {s}; of the city of Ty…
271 wordsSECTION 762 Samuel 5:12
2 Samuel 5:12 Ver. 12. And David perceived that the Lord had established him king over Israel,.... By the prosperity and success which attended him in everything he set his hand to: and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake; for their advantage and glory more than for his own.…
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2 Samuel 5:13 Ver. 13. And David took [him] more concubines and wives out of Jerusalem, after he was come from Hebron,.... He had six when he was at Hebron, 2Sa 3:2, and now he took more, which was not to his honour, and contrary to the law of God, De 17:17; the concubines were a sort of half wives, as the word may si…
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2 Samuel 5:14 Ver. 14. And these [be] the names of those that were born unto him in Jerusalem,.... The names of his sons, for his daughters are not mentioned, and these seem to be such only that were born of his wives, see 1Ch 3:9; Shammua, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon; these four were by Bathsheba; the first …
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2 Samuel 5:15 Ver. 15. Ibhar also, and Elishua, and Nepheg, and Japhia. Elishua is called Elishama, 1Ch 3:6.…
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2 Samuel 5:16 Ver. 16. And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphalet. Seven more by some other wife or wives; nine are mentioned in 1Ch 3:6; there being in that account two Eliphalets, and another called Nogah; which two, one of the Eliphalets, and Nogah, might die without sons, as Kimchi thinks, and so are not mentioned he…
59 wordsSECTION 812 Samuel 5:17
2 Samuel 5:17 Ver. 17. But when the Philistines heard that they had anointed David king over Israel,.... That the civil war in the nation was now at an end, which they hoped would have issued in their destruction, and therefore lay still and quiet; but now being united under the government of David, and he hereby grea…
244 wordsSECTION 822 Samuel 5:18
2 Samuel 5:18 Ver. 18. The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim. Or "of the giants", as Jos 15:8; which lay to the west of Jerusalem; of which, See Gill on "Jos 15:8"; the Philistines spreading themselves in it, shows that they were very numerous. 2 Samuel 5:19Ver. 19. And David inquire…
1,212 wordsSECTION 832 Samuel 6:1
2 Samuel 6:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 6 In this chapter we are told that David fetched the ark from Baale of Judah, with an intent to bring it to his own city, 2Sa 6:1; but Uzzah being smitten for his error concerning it, David was displeased, and left it at the house of Obededom, where it remained three months,…
289 wordsSECTION 842 Samuel 6:2
2 Samuel 6:2 Ver. 2. And David arose, and went with all the people that [were] with him,.... The thirty thousand chosen men gathered together, and as many else as chose to go: from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God; that is, they first went to this place, as in 1Ch 13:6; in order to fetch the ark…
244 wordsSECTION 852 Samuel 6:3
2 Samuel 6:3 Ver. 3. And they set the ark of God upon a new cart,.... Which was a great mistake, since it ought not to have been put upon a cart, old or new; it was to be borne upon men's shoulders, and carried by Levites only, and those of the family of Kohath, to whom no wagons were given, when others had them, for …
312 wordsSECTION 862 Samuel 6:4
2 Samuel 6:4 Ver. 4. And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which [was] at Gibeah,.... That is, the new cart, which is the last thing spoken of, 2Sa 6:3; and the bringing of the ark out of his house is mentioned before; though some take this to be the coffer in which were the presents of the Philistines, wh…
155 wordsSECTION 872 Samuel 6:5
2 Samuel 6:5 Ver. 5. And David and all the house of Israel played before the Lord,.... That is, before the ark, which was a symbol of the presence of the Lord: on all manner of [instruments made of] fir wood: which is a general expression, the particulars follow; though instruments of different sorts are mentioned, a…
164 wordsSECTION 882 Samuel 6:6
2 Samuel 6:6 Ver. 6. And when they came to Nachon's threshingfloor,.... Who is called Chidon, 1Ch 13:9; he seems to have had two names; or it was a place that had two names, as say the Jews {h}; according to a tradition of theirs {i}, Chidon is the name of the place where it was said to Joshua, stretch out the spear o…
445 wordsSECTION 892 Samuel 6:7
2 Samuel 6:7 Ver. 7. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah,.... And which was manifest by smiting him: and God smote him there for [his] error; committed at this time, which was complicated; as that the ark was put upon a cart, to which he might be the chief adviser, as Procopius Gazaeus notes, when it …
284 wordsSECTION 902 Samuel 6:8
2 Samuel 6:8 Ver. 8. And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah,.... He could not easily submit, and be reconciled to the providence; his heart was ready to rise up against God, and murmur at him for striking him dead in such an awful manner, for so small a matter as this might seem to be;…
136 wordsSECTION 912 Samuel 6:9
2 Samuel 6:9 Ver. 9. And David was afraid of the Lord that day,.... Lest he should be smitten for his error also, and especially as he had discovered some resentment at the Lord's dealing with Uzzah; when he ought to have been still and quiet, and submitted to the will of God, and owned his justice in it, confessed hi…
201 wordsSECTION 922 Samuel 6:10
2 Samuel 6:10 Ver. 10. So David would not remove the ark of the Lord unto him into the city of David,.... As yet, but wait a little longer, until he had more thoroughly considered of it, and made himself acquainted with everything relative to the ark, that he might know how to behave for the future, without giving off…
154 wordsSECTION 932 Samuel 6:11
2 Samuel 6:11 Ver. 11. And the ark of the Lord continued in the house of Obededom the Gittite three months,.... David, and those with him, returned to their habitations, where they continued during this time: and the Lord blessed Obededom, and all his household; him, and all his family, with spiritual blessings, and …
175 wordsSECTION 942 Samuel 6:12
2 Samuel 6:12 Ver. 12. And it was told King David,.... By some of his courtiers who had heard of it: saying, the Lord hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that [pertaineth] unto him, because of the ark of the Lord; it was so suddenly, in so short a time, and so largely, that it could not escape the notice and …
195 wordsSECTION 952 Samuel 6:13
2 Samuel 6:13 Ver. 13. And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the Lord,.... The Levites; for now David had seen the former mistake, and rectified it, and ordered the Levites to "carry" it, as they did upon their shoulders, with the staves therein, see 1Ch 15:2; when these had gone six paces, he sacrific…
253 wordsSECTION 962 Samuel 6:14
2 Samuel 6:14 Ver. 14. And David danced before the Lord with all [his] might,.... That is, before the ark of the Lord; not a set dance, or along with others; but he leaped and skipped as "car", a lamb, does, and that for joy that the ark was like to be brought home to his house, without any token of the divine displea…
227 wordsSECTION 972 Samuel 6:15
2 Samuel 6:15 Ver. 15. So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord,.... The elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, 1Ch 15:25; besides the common people; there might be as large a number with him now as before: with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet; with the shouts of the…
124 wordsSECTION 982 Samuel 6:16
2 Samuel 6:16 Ver. 16. And as the ark of the Lord came into the city of David,.... Being brought thither on the shoulders of the Levites: Michal, Saul's daughter, looked through a window; in the king's palace, to see the procession, which was very grand, and in great pomp, attended by a vast number of people, and wit…
140 wordsSECTION 992 Samuel 6:17
2 Samuel 6:17 Ver. 17. And they brought in the ark of the Lord,.... Into the city of David, the strong hold of Zion: and set it in his place, in the midst of the tabernacle that David had pitched for it: or "stretched out"; for this was not the tabernacle of Moses, David pitched any where; that was at this time at Gi…
1,220 wordsSECTION 1002 Samuel 7:1
2 Samuel 7:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 7 This chapter expresses David's concern for building an house for the ark of God, which he communicated to Nathan the prophet, and was approved of by him, 2Sa 7:1; and who was that night sent by the Lord to David, to acquaint him, that as he had for many years dwelt in a te…
277 wordsSECTION 1012 Samuel 7:2
2 Samuel 7:2 Ver. 2. That the king said unto Nathan the prophet,.... This is the first time this prophet is made mention of, but often afterwards, yet who he was, and from whence he came, is not known; he appears to be a man of great piety and prudence, as well as endowed with a prophetic spirit, and was very familiar…
335 wordsSECTION 1022 Samuel 7:3
2 Samuel 7:3 Ver. 3. And Nathan said to the king, go, do till that [is] in thine heart,.... He perceived it was in his heart to build an house for God; he knew an house was to be built at one time or another, by some person or another; he knew it was a good work, and fit for a king to do, and might think this was a pr…
315 wordsSECTION 1032 Samuel 7:4
2 Samuel 7:4 Ver. 4. And it came to pass that night,.... The same night following the day in which David and Nathan had had the above conversation, that neither of them might continue long in their error and mistake, and especially lest David, in his great zeal and warm affection, should take an hasty and improper ste…
105 wordsSECTION 1042 Samuel 7:5
2 Samuel 7:5 Ver. 5. Go and tell my servant David,.... The Lord speaks very honourably and respectfully of him, owns him to be his servant in other things, though he did not choose to employ him in this; and though he was not the person, nor this the time, to build the house of the Lord, yet, as he showed a good will …
231 wordsSECTION 1052 Samuel 7:6
2 Samuel 7:6 Ver. 6. Whereas I have not dwelt in [any] house,.... Fixed, stated, habitation: since the time that I brought up the children of Israel out of Egypt, even to this day; a space of five or six hundred years, though he might before: but have walked in a tent and in a tabernacle; moving from place to place …
144 wordsSECTION 1062 Samuel 7:7
2 Samuel 7:7 Ver. 7. In all [the places] wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel,.... See Gill on "2Sa 7:6" on the places mentioned there: spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel; or rather the sceptres of Israel; so the word is rendered, Ge 49:10; the sceptre bearers, rulers, and governors, who…
217 wordsSECTION 1072 Samuel 7:8
2 Samuel 7:8 Ver. 8. Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David,.... For it was taken well at his hands, in part, that it was in his heart, and he had a desire to build an house for God, though he was wrong in determining upon it without seeking the Lord; and lest he should be discouraged by the prohibition…
275 wordsSECTION 1082 Samuel 7:9
2 Samuel 7:9 Ver. 9. And I was with thee whithersoever thou wentest,.... When he went against Goliath, when he went forth against the Philistines, when in Saul's court, when he fled from Saul, and was obliged to go to various places, God was with him protecting and preserving him, prospering and succeeding him every w…
197 wordsSECTION 1092 Samuel 7:10
2 Samuel 7:10 Ver. 10. Moreover, I will appoint a place for my people Israel,.... The land of Canaan: this the Lord had of old appointed to them, and had introduced them into and settled them in it, but not entirely and alone; in many places the Canaanites had inhabited; but now they should be expelled, and the Israel…
248 wordsSECTION 1102 Samuel 7:11
2 Samuel 7:11 Ver. 11. And as since the time that I commanded judges [to be] over my people Israel,.... Before the time the judges were raised they were greatly afflicted by one nation or another around them, and between judge and judge, but now they should be no more so; here the parenthesis should end: and have cau…
176 wordsSECTION 1112 Samuel 7:12
2 Samuel 7:12 Ver. 12. And when thy days be fulfilled,.... The days of his life, which were appointed by the Lord for him to live, and when he had filled up the common term of man's life, as he exactly did; for he lived just seventy years, see 2Sa 5:4; and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; die and be buried; for thi…
190 wordsSECTION 1122 Samuel 7:13
2 Samuel 7:13 Ver. 13. He shall build an house for my name,.... For the honour of it, for the worship and service of God, as it is well known Solomon did; and so his antitype the Messiah, Zec 6:12; and I will stablish the throne of his kingdom for ever; that is, for a long time. Solomon's reign was forty years, and t…
131 wordsSECTION 1132 Samuel 7:14
2 Samuel 7:14 Ver. 14. I will be his father, and he shall be my son,.... That is, I will be as kind unto him, and careful of him, as a father of a son; or he shall be, and appear to be my son, by adopting grace, as no doubt Solomon was, notwithstanding all his failings. This is applied to Christ, the antitypical Solom…
230 wordsSECTION 1142 Samuel 7:15
2 Samuel 7:15 Ver. 15. But my mercy shall not depart away from him,.... Which is not to be understood of special mercy and grace, though it is true of these with respect to Solomon, and so to all the adopted children of God, see Ps 89:32; but then this here designs such mercy as may be taken away from another, and as …
154 wordsSECTION 1152 Samuel 7:16
2 Samuel 7:16 Ver. 16. And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established for ever before thee,.... That is, both his family and his government should be perpetuated, or he should always have one of his family to sit upon his throne; the accomplishment of which, in the beginning of it, he saw with his eyes in his so…
2,734 wordsSECTION 1162 Samuel 8:1
2 Samuel 8:1 INTRODUCTION TO SECOND SAMUEL 8 This chapter gives a relation of the wars of David with his enemies, and his victories over them, particularly the Philistines, Moabites, Syrians, and Edomites, and of the spoils he took from them, and of the presents made to him by others, 2Sa 8:1; and of his righteous ad…
518 wordsSECTION 1172 Samuel 8:2
2 Samuel 8:2 Ver. 2. And he smote Moab,.... He next went against that, and invaded it, the people of it being always troublesome and distressing to the children of Israel; and though the king of it had shown some favour to David, yet it was when he considered him as an enemy to Saul, and Saul to him; but things having…
544 wordsSECTION 1182 Samuel 8:3
2 Samuel 8:3 Ver. 3. And David also smote Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah,.... Called sometimes Aramzobah, and was a part of Syria, as its name shows. Benjamin, of Tudela {h} takes it to be the same with Haleb or Aleppo; Josephus {i} calls it Sophene; but that is placed by Ptolemy {k} beyond the Euphrates; w…
385 wordsSECTION 1192 Samuel 8:4
2 Samuel 8:4 Ver. 4. And David took from him a thousand [chariots], and seven hundred horsemen,.... "Chariots" are not in the text here, it is only 1700 "horsemen"; but it is supplied from 1Ch 18:4; where the word is expressly mentioned, and there the horsemen are said to be seven thousand as in the Septuagint version…
321 wordsSECTION 1202 Samuel 8:5
2 Samuel 8:5 Ver. 5. And when the Syrians of Damascus came to succour Hadadezer king of Zobah,.... These seem to have had no king at this time, or, if they had, Hadadezer was their king, which is not improbable; and Nicholas of Damascus {o}; an Heathen writer, is clear for it, whom he calls Adad, who, he says, reigned…
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