2 Samuel 5:10
And David grew greater and greater, for LORD, the God of hosts, was with him.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
In Context
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:5And David went out wherever Saul sent him, [and] behaved himself wisely. And Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.
1 Samuel 18:14And David behaved himself wisely in all his ways, and LORD was with him.
2 Samuel 7:9And I have been with thee wherever thou went, and have cut off all thine enemies from before thee. And I will make thee a great name, like the name of the great ones that are on the earth.
2 Samuel 8:14And he put garrisons in Edom. He put garrisons throughout all Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to David. And LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
Psalms 46:7LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, that shines more and more to the perfect day.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 5:7-11
David Takes Mount Sion. ( b. c. 1047.) 6 And the king and his men went to Jerusalem unto the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land: which spake unto David, saying, Except thou take away the blind and the lame, thou shalt not come in hither: thinking, David cannot come in hither. 7 Nevertheless David took the strong hold of Zion: the same is the city of David. 8 And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he… Read the whole commentary →