SEV Biblia, Chapter 5:2
Y aun ayer y anteayer, cuando Saúl reinaba sobre nosotros, tú sacabas y volvías a Israel. Además el SEŃOR te ha dicho: Tú apacentarás a mi pueblo Israel, y tú serás sobre Israel príncipe.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 2. Also in time past, when Saul was king over us , etc.] Even over all the tribes of Israel: thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel ; that led out the armies of Israel against their enemies, fought their battles for them, obtained victories, and brought the troops under his command home in safety; and the remembrance of these valiant acts of his, which then endeared him to the people, was now another reason for their choosing him king: and another follows, the chiefest of them all: and the Lord said to thee ; when anointed by Samuel; for though what follows is not recorded in so many words, yet the sense of it is expressed in the anointing him to be king, whose office, as such, lay in doing the following things: thou shalt feed my people Israel ; as a shepherd feeds his flock; hence kings were frequently called shepherds, and David particularly, in which he was an eminent type of Christ, (see Psalm 78:71,72 Ezekiel 34:23,24) ( Ezekiel 37:24); and thou shalt be a captain over Israel ; the Targum is, “and thou shalt be king over Israel;” which gives the true sense of the tribes, and which was the chief and prevailing reason with them to make him their king; and which they, at least many of them, would have done before, even immediately upon the death of Saul, but that they were persuaded by Abner to yield obedience to Ishbosheth he set up.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 1-5 - David was anointed king a third time. His advances were gradual, tha his faith might be tried, and that he might gain experience. Thus his kingdom typified that of the Messiah, which was to come to its heigh by degrees. Thus Jesus became our Brother, took upon him our nature dwelt in it that he might become our Prince and Saviour: thus the humbled sinner takes encouragement from the endearing relation, applie for his salvation, submits to his authority, and craves his protection.
Original Hebrew
גם 1571 אתמול 865 גם 1571 שׁלשׁום 8032 בהיות 1961 שׁאול 7586 מלך 4428 עלינו 5921 אתה 859 הייתה 1961 מוציא 3318 והמבי 935 את 853 ישׂראל 3478 ויאמר 559 יהוה 3068 לך אתה 859 תרעה 7462 את 853 עמי 5971 את 853 ישׂראל 3478 ואתה 859 תהיה 1961 לנגיד 5057 על 5921 ישׂראל׃ 3478
