2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel said to me, the strong one of Israel spoke, the ruler of men, the just ruler in the fear of God.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2The spirit of the Lord hath spoken by me and his word by my tongue.
Cross References
Genesis 33:20And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
Exodus 18:21And provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, in whom there is truth, and that hate avarice, and appoint of them rulers of thousands, and of hundreds, and of fifties, and of tens.
Exodus 20:2I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 16:18Thou shalt appoint judges and magistrates in all thy gates, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in all thy tribes: that they may judge the people with just judgment,
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one pursue after a thousand, and two chase ten thousand? Was it not, because their God had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
2 Samuel 22:2And he said: The Lord is my rock, and my strength, and my saviour.
Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 23:2-8
David's Last Words. ( b. c. 1015.) 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said, 2 The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. 4 And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the… Read the whole commentary →