2 Samuel 5:10
David grew greater and greater, for the LORD, the God of Armies, was with him.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
And David went on, and grew great, and the LORD God of hosts was with him.
In Context
9David lived in the stronghold, and called it David’s city. David built around from Millo and inward.
Cross References
1 Samuel 18:5David went out wherever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely; and Saul set him over the men of war. It was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.
1 Samuel 18:14David behaved himself wisely in all his ways; and the LORD was with him.
2 Samuel 7:9I have been with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies from before you. I will make you a great name, like the name of the great ones who are on the earth.
2 Samuel 8:14He put garrisons in Edom. Throughout all Edom, he put garrisons, and all the Edomites became servants to David. The LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.
Psalms 46:7The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Proverbs 4:18But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light that shines more and more until 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 →