The narrative given here supplies a clear omission in 2 Samuel 5:8, where something has evidently dropped out of the text.

Joab's…

THE CAPTURE OF ZION BY JOAB’S VALOUR, AND DAVID’S SETTLEMENT THERE.

The accession of the new king is followed by a warlike …

(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 11:1)

David was brought to possess the throne of Israel after he had reigned seven years in Hebron, over Judah only. God's counsels will be fulfilled at …