2 Samuel 5:10

David became very powerful because Yahweh, the God of hosts, was with him.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9So David lived in the stronghold and called it the city of David. He fortified around it, from the terrace toward the inside.

11Then Hiram king of Tyre sent messengers to David, and cedar trees, carpenters, and masons. They built a house for David.

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Cross References

1 Samuel 18:5David went out wherever Saul sent him, and he succeeded. Saul set him over the men of war. This was pleasing in the eyes of all the people and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

1 Samuel 18:14David was prospering in all his ways, for Yahweh was with him.

2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you went. I have cut off all your enemies from before you. Now I will make your name great, like the names of the great ones of the earth.

2 Samuel 8:14He placed garrisons throughout all of Edom, and all the Edomites became servants to him. Yahweh gave victory to David wherever he went.

Psalms 46:7Yahweh of hosts is with us; 1 the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah 1

Proverbs 4:18But the path of righteous people is like the first light that grows brighter; 1 it shines more and more until the fullness of the day comes. 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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