2Sa 5:3 | TNotes | STEP | 5:3 King David made a covenant that demanded the people’s loyalty, yet allowed them to maintain a sense of tribal privilege and individual dignity. It served as a constitution, containing stipulations obligating both the king and the people. • they anointed him king: While David had already been anointed by Samuel (1 Sam 16:13 ), this public ceremony demonstrated the people’s acceptance of David as king.

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‏ 2 Samuel 5:3

5:3 ^a King David made a covenant that demanded the people’s loyalty, yet allowed them to maintain a sense of tribal privilege and individual dignity. It served as a constitution, containing stipulations obligating both the king and the people.

• they anointed him king: While David had already been anointed by Samuel (1 Sam 16:13 ^b), this public ceremony demonstrated the people’s acceptance of David as king.