51 Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said , "Behold , we are your bone and your flesh . 2 Previously , when Saul was king over us, you were the one who led Israel out and in. And the Lord said to you, ' You will shepherd My people Israel , and you will be a ruler over Israel .' " 3 So all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron , and King David made a covenant with them before the Lord at Hebron ; then they anointed David king over Israel . 4 David was thirty years old when he became king , and he reigned forty years . 5 At Hebron he reigned over Judah seven years and six months , and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three e years over all Israel and Judah .
6 Now the king and his men went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites , the inhabitants of the land , and they said to David , "You shall not come in here , but the blind and lame will turn you away "; thinking , "David cannot enter here ." 7 Nevertheless, David captured the stronghold of Zion , that is the city of David . 8 David said on that day , "Whoever would strike the Jebusites , let him reach the lame and the blind , who are hated by David's soul , through the water tunnel ." Therefore e they say , "The blind or the lame shall not come into the house ." 9 So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David . And David built all around from the Millo and inward . 10 David became greater and greater , for the Lord God of hosts was with him.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-10
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5
(Read 2 Samuel 5:1-5)
David 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 that of the Messiah, which was to come to its height by degrees. Thus Jesus became our Brother, took upon him our nature, dwelt in it that he might become our Prince and Saviour: thus the humbled sinner takes encouragement from the endearing relation, applies for his salvation, submits to his authority, and craves his protection.
Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:6-10
(Read 2 Samuel 5:6-10)
The enemies of God's people are often very confident of their own strength, and most secure when their day to fall draws nigh. But the pride and insolence of the Jebusites animated David, and the Lord God of hosts was with him. Thus in the day of God's power, Satan's strong-hold, the human heart, is changed into a habitation of God through the Spirit, and into a throne on which the Son of David rules, and brings every thought into obedience to himself. May He thus come, and claim, and cleanse, each of our hearts; and, destroying every idol, may he reign there for ever!