2 Samuel 5:12
in 2 Samuel 5And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 5
Commentary
4 notes on this verseHis kingdom was established, there was nothing to shake it, none to disturb his possession or question his title. He that made him king established him, because he was to be a type of Christ, with whom God's hand should be established, and his covenant stand fast, Ps. lxxxix.
This site's exposition
the Lord God of hosts
on 2 Samuel 5:10-12
David's rise is credited past his own generalship, the Lord God of hosts was with him, the same title David gave the battle at Elah when no sword was yet drawn. Hiram of Tyre sends cedar and craftsmen who build David a literal house, and that house of cedar is what makes David's own question in the next chapter possible, when he asks why he should live in cedar while the ark sits in curtains. Verse 12 reads David's own reflection on it, that the Lord established the kingdom for his people Israel's sake and not for his own, the note the covenant of chapter seven will expand at length.
This site's exposition
David realized that the LORD had established him
Gill says David saw the LORD's hand in the success that met everything he did as king. Henry notes that no rival now questioned his title. Henry reads David here as a figure of Christ, and points to the covenant of Psalm 89.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
Dovid understood. When he saw all his endeavors succeeding, and the idol worshipping kings sending him a present.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
14 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֵּ֣דַע | vaiyeda' | and he knew | H3045 → | 945 times |
| דָּוִ֔ד | david | David | H1732 → | 999 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| הֱכִינ֧וֹ | hekhino | he had appointed him | H3559 → | 217 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| לְמֶ֖לֶךְ | lemelekh | to king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
| וְכִי֙ | vekhi | and that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| נִשֵּׂ֣א | nise' | he had exalted | H5375 → | 656 times |
| מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹ | mamlakhto | kingdom his | H4467 → | 117 times |
| בַּעֲב֖וּר | baavur | forsake of | H5668 → | 49 times |
| עַמּ֥וֹ | amo | people his | H5971 → | 1873 times |
| יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ ס | yisrael | Israel | H3478 → | 2507 times |
וַיֵּ֣דַעand he knew
vaiyeda'H3045 →945 times
דָּוִ֔דDavid
davidH1732 →999 times
כִּֽי־that
ki-H3588 →4482 times
הֱכִינ֧וֹhe had appointed him
hekhinoH3559 →217 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
לְמֶ֖לֶךְto king
lemelekhH4428 →2525 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
וְכִי֙and that
vekhiH3588 →4482 times
נִשֵּׂ֣אhe had exalted
nise'H5375 →656 times
מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹkingdom his
mamlakhtoH4467 →117 times
בַּעֲב֖וּרforsake of
baavurH5668 →49 times
עַמּ֥וֹpeople his
amoH5971 →1873 times
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ סIsrael
yisraelH3478 →2507 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Esther 4:14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have…
it leads to
- Genesis 45:4–8
Then Joseph said to his brothers, “Please come near me.” And they did so. “I am Joseph, your brother,” he said, “the one you sold into Egypt!
- 1 Samuel 12:22
Indeed, for the sake of His great name, the LORD will not abandon His people, because He was pleased to make you His own.
- Deuteronomy 32:36
For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.
- Isaiah 54:17
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the…
- Jeremiah 30:11
For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will…
- Genesis 45:4–8
Through
2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
it leads to
- Luke 1:32–33
He will be great and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give Him the throne of His father David,
- Psalms 89:36–37
his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
- 2 Samuel 7:13
He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
- Luke 1:32–33
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.