699 and King of Israel.— Gaebelein. Thy bone and thy flesh. Notice that they recognized him on three counts. He was their flesh; he had been their chief captain even while Saul was king, and he had been expressly designated by God to be their king. So also Christ is King of Israel. He is related to them by blood. He will be their leader in battle (Ps. 2 and 24), and He is the One ap pointed by God to be their King. (Jn. 18:36; 19:21).— Echoes. v. 3. David made a league with them. So the Son of David will make a covenant with redeemed and reunited Israel. (Heb. 8:7-12; Jer. 31:31-40). The Lord will make a feast for all Israel. (Is. 25:6-8). Israel will say, “ This is our God. We have waited for Him.” (Is. 25:9). All this is consequent on the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ to Jer usalem as this historical and typical union was consequent on the coming of David to Hebron. (Rom. 11:26).— Hal- deman. They anointed David. This was the third anointing. He was first anointed by God through Samuel (1 Sam. 16:12, 13). He was next anointed by his own tribe (2 Sam. 2 :4 ). He was next anointed by all the tribes (5 :3 ). So Christ was first appointed by1 God through the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:21, 22). His next acceptation will be by His own people Israel (Matt. 23:37-39; Is. 12). And then the time will come when He will be accepted by all nations (Ps. 22:27, 28; Zech. 14:16; Phil. 2:10) — Eliott. v. 5. He reigned in Jerusalem. Eight hundred and eighty-four times Jerusa lem is mentioned in the Bible. Prophecy centers about it and there the Gospel was first preached.— Sel. The capture of Jerusalem marked a most important point in Israel’s history. Hitherto the national life had had no real center. From this time the center was fixed and at least for the southern kingdom all the other cities grew less and less im portant in comparison with the new capital.— Dummelow. Christ was thirty years old when He entered His public ministry. (See v. 4). David was anointed king and Jesus was anointed with the oil of gladness above His fel lows. The Jebusites mocked David when he would go to reign, (v. 6). Defiance was hurled at the Messiah and, He has been excluded from the metropolis of the world. There are those who have spat upon His name and said, “ We will not have this man to rule over us.” David went on and grew great (v. 10),
THE K I N G ’ S B U S I NE S S v. 3. His men that were with him. David was coming into his glory now and all those who had suffered with him were now going to reign with him. So it is said of us, “ that if we suffer with Him we shall also reign with Him.” (2 Tim. 2:12; 4:7, 8; 1 Pet. 5 :4 ). When the second and greater David shall come into His royal inheritance we who have served Him and suffered for Him shall come into the glory with Him.— Leslie. v. 4. The men of Judah came. So Jesus first presented Himself to Judah and thus like David His kingdom is set up by degrees. He is Lord of all by a divine designation, but until He comes in power we shall not see all things put under His feet.—Henry. v. 5. David sent messengers. David was a diplomat as well as a warrior.— Gray. He studies to honor the memory of his predecessor and thereby to show that he was far from aiming at the crown from any principle of ambition or enmity to Saul, but purely because he was called of God to it.—Henry. There can be no doubt that this mes sage of thanks for their bold and dan gerous enterprise in rescuing the bodies of Saul and his sons was an expression of David’s personal and genuine feeling of satisfaction.— Jamieson. Blessed be ye. His first act as king was a blessing. — Comp. Bible. David’s nobility of heart led him to do the very thing that was most politic. There is no policy so wise as that to which the generous heart prompts a man.— Torrey. Kind ness unto your lord Saul. David re spected Saul though he had been greatly injured by him, as the anointed king of Israel and once his legitimate sovereign, and he loved Jonathan as his most in timate friend:-^—Treas. Scrip. Knowl edge. v. 7. Saul is dead. Some people dote upon the deceased one and make it hard for their successor to fill the place.—S Johnson. 5:1. Then came all Israel. The com ing of all Israel to Hebron was one of the most magnificent spectacles in the history of the nation. Add the number mentioned in 1 Chron. 12:24-27, and you will find what a great army had gathered to make David king. There were. 1,222 chiefs and 339,600 men. Now they own him as bone and flesh and remember the divine promise that he the Bethlehemite should be the shep herd of Israel, but there is coming for Israel a greater day than the day in Hebron. Jesus will then be Shepherd
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