2 Samuel 23:1
Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, and the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
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In Context
2The Spirit of LORD spoke by me, and his word was upon my tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:1And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the sons of Israel before his death.
1 Samuel 2:10Those who strive with LORD shall be broken to pieces. He will thunder against them in heaven. LORD will judge the ends of the earth, and he will give strength to his king, and exalt the horn of his anointed.
1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehem-judah, whose name was Jesse. And he had eight sons, and the man was an old man in the days of Saul, stricken [in years] among men.
2 Samuel 7:8Now therefore thus thou shall say to my servant David, Thus says LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepfold, from following the sheep, that thou should be prince over my people, over Israel.
2 Samuel 22:51He gives great deliverance to his king, and shows loving kindness to his anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
1 Chronicles 16:7Then on that day David first ordained to give thanks to LORD by the hand of Asaph and his brothers.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:1
The historian is now drawing towards a conclusion of David's reign, and therefore gives us an account here, I. Of some of his last words, which he spoke by inspiration, and which seem to have reference to his seed that was to be for evermore, spoken of in the close of the foregoing chapter, ver. 1-7 . II. Of the great men, especially the military men, that were employed under him, the first three ( ver. 8-17 ), two of the next three ( ver. 18-23 ), and then the thirty, ver. 24-39 . Read the whole commentary →