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A Decade of Waiting
Commentators use David's age of thirty to reconstruct the timeline of his early life. They calculate that roughly ten years passed between his anointing (and fight with Goliath) and his ascension to the throne over all Israel. This highlights the long period of trial, wandering, and waiting David endured before God's promise was fully realized.
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Samuel 5:4
18th Century
Theologian
The timeline of David's life provides conclusive proof that the earlier years of Saul’s reign—during which Jonathan grew up to be a man—are passed …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Samuel 5:4
19th Century
Bishop
Thirty years old. —This statement of the age and of the length of the reign of David (which is repeated in [Reference 1 Chronicles 29:26-2…
John Gill
On 2 Samuel 5:4
17th Century
Pastor
David [was] thirty years old when he began to reign
Over Judah, which was the age of his antitype Christ, when he en…
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Matthew Henry
On 2 Samuel 5:1–5
17th Century
Minister
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…