The chronicler adds some interesting details (compare 2 Samuel 12:23-40), describing how the various tribes from both sides of the Jord…

All the tribes. —Not only as represented by their elders (2 Samuel 5:3), but by the large bodies of their warriors enu…

Then came all the tribes of Israel to David unto Hebron
All the rest of the tribes, save the tribe of Judah, who had…

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…