So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron; and king David made a league with them in Hebron before the LORD: and they anointed David king over Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
So all the elders of Israel came to the king to Hebron,.... Which either explains what is meant by the tribes coming to him, Sa2 5:1; namely, coming by their elders as their representatives; or else…
Barnes' Notes
Before the Lord - Abiathar and Zadok the priests were both with David, and the tabernacle and altar may have been at Hebron, though the ark was at Kirjath-jearim.
Adam Clarke
They anointed David king - This was the third time that David was anointed, having now taken possession of the whole kingdom.
Here is, I. The humble address of all the tribes to David, beseeching him to take upon him the government (for they were now as sheep having no shepherd), and owning him for their king. Though David…
Cambridge Bible
all the elders of Israel From 2Sa 5:5 and 1Ch 12:23-40 it is evident that a general assembly of the nation, and not merely a few delegates, met at Hebron: here the eldersare particularly specified…
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