the second time, and anointed him] The rather because the first anointing was in a time of tumult, when Adonia, the next brother to Absalom sought to reigne, 1 King. I. 39. But whether the later Anointing was before or after Davids death. It is not clear. But sure it is that David himself was thrice anointed, once at Bethlehem by Samuel, and twice at Hebron, 1 Sam. XVI. 13. 2. Sam. II. 4. 1 Chron. XI. 3.