2 SAMUEL 5

DAVID APPOINTED KING OVER ALL TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

Now that Saul, Abner, and Ish-bosheth have died, the tribes meet at Hebron and David is finally anointed king over all of Israel. Remembering God’s promise, the people refer to David as the shepherd of Israel. David is thirty years old when he becomes king, the same age that Jesus started His public ministry.

David seizes Jerusalem from the Jebusites and makes it Israel’s capital. He also obtains the fortress of Zion, which is renamed the City of David. God is with David, and he grows greater and greater.

David’s success angers the Philistines, but God allows David to defeat them. After a long stretch of trials, David experiences prosperity and victory!