2 Samuel 5:10
And he advanced, prospering and increasing, and the Lord, the God of hosts, was with him.
Catholic Public Domain 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 18:5Also, David went out to do everything whatsoever that Saul sent him to do, and he conducted himself prudently. And Saul set him over men of war. And he was acceptable in the eyes of the entire people, and most of all in the sight of the servants of Saul.
1 Samuel 18:14Also, David acted prudently in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.
2 Samuel 7:9And I have been with you everywhere that you walked. And I have slain all your enemies before your face. And I have made you a great name, beside the name of the great ones who are upon the earth.
2 Samuel 8:14And he positioned guards in Edom, and he stationed a garrison. And all of Edom was made to serve David. And the Lord assisted David in all things whatsoever that he set out to accomplish.
Psalms 46:7Sing psalms to our God, sing psalms. Sing psalms to our King, sing psalms.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the just is like a shining light: it advances and increases, even to the day of completion.
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 →