2 Samuel 5:10

And David advanced and became great, and the Lord Almighty was with him.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.

In Context

9And David dwelt in the hold, and it was called the city of David, and he built the city itself round about from the citadel, and he built his own house.

11And Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar wood, and carpenters, and stonemasons: and they built a house for David.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:14And David was prudent in all his ways, and the Lord was with him.

2 Samuel 7:9And I was with thee wheresoever thou wentest, and I destroyed all thine enemies before thee, and I made thee renowned according to the renown of the great ones on the earth.

2 Samuel 8:14And he set garrisons in Edom, even in all Edom: and all the Edomites were servants to the king. And the Lord preserved David wherever he went.

Psalms 46:7Sing praises to our God, sing praises: 1 Sing praises to our King, sing praises. 1

Proverbs 4:18But the ways of the righteous shine like light; 1 They go on and shine, until the day be fully come. 1

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 →

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