2 Samuel 23:1
Now these are the last words of David: The saying of David the son of Jesse, and the saying of the man raised on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet singer of Israel:
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2The spirit of the LORD spoke by me, and His word was upon my tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:1And this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
1 Samuel 2:10They that strive with the LORD shall be broken to pieces; against them will He thunder in heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth; and He will give strength unto His king, and exalt the horn of His anointed.
1 Samuel 17:12Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem in 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 shalt thou say unto My servant David: Thus saith the LORD of hosts: I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be prince over My people, over Israel.
2 Samuel 22:51A tower of salvation is He to His king; and showeth mercy to His anointed, to David and to his seed, for evermore.
1 Chronicles 16:7Then on that day did David first ordain to give thanks unto the LORD, by the hand of Asaph and his brethren.
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 →