2 Samuel 5

"Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron, and King David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the Lord. And they anointed David king over Israel.  David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years." vv.3-4

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This is David's third anointing as king.  First by Samuel, second by tribe of Judah and now third here by elders of all Israel.  "His advances were gradual, that 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 height 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, applies for his salvation, submits to his authority, and craves his protection" (Matthew Henry's Commentary).  It had been a long time from Samuel anointing David as the soon to be king over Israel till he was actually king.  He started as just a shepherd boy, then in Saul's army, then flight from Saul and dwelling in caves and with he Philistines, then king in Hebron for 7 years and now finally over all Israel. Can you imagine David's patience and/or impatience?  Trusting God through all the hard times and years but clinging to His promise than doubting if what He said was true?  How do you see God preparing you through experiences, relationships, tools of the past and present for His greater purpose and will?