2 Samuel 5:2 KJV

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.

Thou and Ye

  • thou, thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • David king over all IsraelDavid was anointed king a third time. His advances were gradual, that his faith might be tried, and that he might gain experience. Thus his kingdom typified...

Thompson Chains

Parallel Passages

  • 1 Samuel 16:1 And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • Matthew 2:6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 7:7 In all the places wherein I have walked with all the children of Israel spake I a word with any of the tribes of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people Israel, saying, Why build ye not me an house of cedar?
  • 1 Samuel 18:13 Therefore Saul removed him from him, and made him his captain over a thousand; and he went out and came in before the people.
  • 1 Samuel 18:16 But all Israel and Judah loved David, because he went out and came in before them.
  • 1 Samuel 25:30 And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee ruler over Israel;

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Topics

  • Government Chose, or ratified, the chief ruler
  • Hebron David crowned king of Israel at
  • Israel David made king over all Israel

Kings of Israel & Judah

  • DavidKing of Israel · 1055–1015 BC

Timeline

Bible Dictionary

  • SaulAsked for. (1.) A king of Edom (Gen 36:37, Gen 36:38); called Shaul in 1 Chr 1:48.
  • IsraelThe name conferred on Jacob after the great prayer-struggle at Peniel (Gen 32:28), because “as a prince he had power with God and...
  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Also in time past גַּם gam Affirmation אֶתְמוֹל ʾetmôl אֶתְמוֹל Noun · masculine singular גַּם gam Affirmation שִׁלְשׁוֹם šilšôm שִׁלְשׁוֹם Noun · masculine singular
  • when Saul בִּהְיוֹת bihyôt Verb · qal infinitive construct · with preposition שָׁאוּל šāʾwwl שָׁאוּל Proper name
  • was king מֶלֶךְ melek מֶלֶךְ Noun · masculine singular
  • over us, thou wast he that leddest out עָלֵינוּ ʿālênû Preposition · with suffix: first person common plural אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular הָיִיתָ hāyîtā Verb · qal perfect, second person masculine singular הַמּוֹצִיא hammôṣîʾ יָצָא Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular · with the
  • and broughtest in וְהַמֵּבִיא wĕhammēbîʾ בּוֹא Verb · hiphil active participle, masculine singular · with and, the
  • Israel אֶת ʾet Object marker יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • and the LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • said וַיֹּאמֶר wayyōʾmer אָמַר Verb · qal sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and
  • to thee, Thou shalt feed לְךָ lĕkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular אַתָּה ʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular תִרְעֶה tirʿê רָעָה Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular
  • my people אֶת ʾet Object marker עַמִּי ʿammî עַם Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: first person common singular
  • Israel אֶת ʾet Object marker יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name
  • and thou shalt be a captain וְאַתָּה wĕʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular · with and תִּהְיֶה tihyê Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular לְנָגִיד lĕnāgîd נָגִיד Noun · masculine singular · with preposition
  • over Israel עַל ʿal Preposition יִשְׂרָאֵל yiśrāʾēl יִשְׂרָאֵל Proper name

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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