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David's reign over all Israel. Conquest of the fortress of Zion. Construction of the royal house. Double defeat of the Philistines. 2 Samuel 5:1. And all the tribes of Israel came to David to Hebron and said, Behold, we are thy bones and thy flesh; About 5 years passed from the death of Ishbosheth to the election of David as king of all the Jews (2 Samuel 2:10–11,5:4–5). 2 Samuel 5:2. even yesterday and the third day, when Saul reigned over us, you brought Israel out and brought in; and the Lord said to you, “You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will be the leader of Israel.” “Yesterday and the third day”, i.e. in general at the same time. “You brought Israel out and brought in,” that is, you led the Israeli troops during battles with the enemy. “And the Lord said to you...”. See (1 Samuel 16:12–13; 2 Samuel 3:18). 2 Samuel 5:3. And all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and king David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord; and they anointed David king over [all] Israel. "And they anointed David king." “David received royal anointing from Samuel. The description also calls anointings the double election of him by the people” (Blessed Theodoret, commentary on 2 Kings, question 15). 2 Samuel 5:6. And the king and his men went against Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of that country; but they said to David, “You will not come in here; The blind and the lame will drive you away,” this meant: “David will not enter here.” The city of the Jebusites, Jerusalem, located on the hill of Zion, with a fortress of the same name, was a hard-to-reach stronghold. The existence of an independent Canaanite region, cut between the northern and southern parts of Canaan, was incompatible with the interests of the united state and unsafe for its peace. The Jebusites are a Canaanite tribe descended from the grandson of Ham (via Canaan) – Jebus. 2 Samuel 5:8. And David said that day: Whoever kills the Jebusites, let him slay with a spear the lame and the blind, who hate the soul of David. Therefore it is said: The blind and lame shall not enter the house [of the Lord]. “And David said,” etc. Inflamed by the mockery of the Jebusites (v. 6), David gives a stern command: not to spare the defeated enemy. “Therefore it is said...” A proverb that was formed later when the house of the Lord was built in Zion, that is, the Tabernacle and Church of the Lord. 2 Samuel 5:9. And David settled in the fortress, and called it the city of David, and built it around from Millo and inside. “Hebron, which formed the center of the tribe of Judah and was its natural capital, could no longer serve as the residence of the king who dominated all of Israel, since it was on the southern outskirts of the kingdom. David also did not want to establish his residence in Shechem, the main city of the tribe of Ephraim and central in the entire land of the Jews, because he did not find his position reliable among the ancient rebellious Ephraimites. He chose for this a neutral point, which had not yet belonged to any tribe, which also lay almost in the middle of the land of the Jews, supported from the south by the powerful tribe of Judah, related to David, and which, by its strong position, dominated the northern half of the earth” (Ya. Bogorodsky, “Jewish Kings”, p. 151). Millo is one of the hills of the Zion Hills. 2 Samuel 5:13. And David took more concubines and wives from Jerusalem after he came from Hebron. According to the concepts of that time, the greatness of the monarch was measured, among other things, by the number of his wives and concubines. 2 Samuel 5:14. And David had more sons and daughters. And these are the names of those born to him in Jerusalem: Samus, and Sobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, 2 Samuel 5:15. and Ebear, and Elisha, and Naphek, and Japhia, 2 Samuel 5:16. and Elisha, and Elida, and Eliphaleth, [Samae, Joshebath, Nathan, Galamaan, Ievaar, Feisus, Eliphalath, Nageb, Naphek, Jonathan, Leasamis, Baalimath and Eliphaath]. 2 Samuel 5:17. When the Philistines heard that David had been anointed king over Israel, all the Philistines rose up to look for David. And David heard and went to the fortress. “The Philistines all rose up (see example to (1 Samuel 6:17)) to look for David.” As long as David remained king of Judah alone, he was not dangerous to the Philistine protectorate in Canaan; having become king of a united Israel, he could easily put an end to this protectorate. 2 Samuel 5:18. And the Philistines came and settled in the valley of Rephaim. Dolin Ha Refaim - near Jerusalem. 2 Samuel 5:19. And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go against the Philistines? will you deliver them into my hands? And the Lord said to David, Go, for I will deliver the Philistines into your hands. “And David inquired of the Lord” - through the high priest and his shrine. 2 Samuel 5:20. And David went to Baal Perazim and smote them there, and David said, The LORD has swept away my enemies before me, as water sweeps away. Therefore the name Baal-Perazim was given to that place. Baal Perazim is one of the points of the Rephaim Valley. 2 Samuel 5:25. And David did as the Lord commanded him, and smote the Philistines from Hawai to Gezer. “From Hawaii”, in a parallel place (1 Chronicles 14:16) stands: “from Gibeon.” Gezer is a city northwest of Gibeon. You might be interested in: