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Ordinary Time · Christ the King · Year C

2 Samuel 5:1-3

David Anointed King Over Israel

November 26, 2028

David Anointed King by the Prophet Samuel, Claude Lorrain
David Anointed King by the Prophet Samuel, Claude Lorrain, 1647Musee du Louvre
Claude gives nine-tenths of the canvas to a landscape of trees and distance, with the anointing happening small and off-centre.They anointed David king over Israel: the reading is a coronation, and Claude painted the country he was being given.Claude LorrainA French painter who spent his life in Rome inventing the ideal landscape, and whose harbours at sunrise set the standard for two hundred years.Musee du LouvreThe former royal palace of France, opened as a public museum in 1793 after the Revolution, and now the most visited museum in the world.Musee du Louvre
Roman Lectionary
GospelLuke 23:35-43Lk 23:35-43
Second ReadingCol. 1:12-20Col 1:12-20
First Reading2 Sam. 5:1-32 Sm 5:1-3
Responsorial PsalmPs. 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5 (cf. 1)Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5 (cf. 1)

Overview & Insights

"You shall shepherd my people Israel and shall be commander of Israel." (2 Samuel 5:2)

All the tribes of Israel come to David at Hebron and anoint him king over the whole nation, having already recognized him as their shepherd and commander even while Saul reigned. It is the founding moment of David's united kingship, the pattern the lectionary reads typologically against Christ's kingship on the cross.

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Commentary

2 Samuel 5 Commentary: David Made King Over a United Israel2 Sm 5 Commentary: David Made King Over a United Israel Enduring Word · David Guzik

David Guzik walks through Israel's tribes coming to anoint David at Hebron.

2 Samuel 5 Commentary2 Sm 5 Commentary Precept Austin

A verse-by-verse word study on David's anointing as king.

2 Samuel 5:1 Commentaries2 Sm 5:1 Commentaries BibleHub

Classic commentaries on the tribes' appeal to David as their true shepherd.

2 Samuel 5 (The Biblical Illustrator)2 Sm 5 (The Biblical Illustrator) StudyLight

An older homiletic commentary drawing out the shepherd-king theme.

Commentary on 2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-10Commentary on 2 Sm 5:1-5, 9-10 Working Preacher

Reads David's anointing at Hebron as covenant kingship, not mere conquest.

2 Samuel 5:1-5, 9-102 Sm 5:1-5, 9-10 Center for Excellence in Preaching

A preaching angle on David's anointing as shepherd-king of a united people.

Background & Word Study

2 Samuel 5 Interlinear2 Sm 5 Interlinear BibleHub

The Hebrew text behind the tribes' covenant with David at Hebron.

2 Samuel Overview2 Sm Overview BibleProject

An animated overview of David's rise and the united kingdom.

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