2 Samuel 23:1
And these are the last words of David. 1 Faithful is David the son of Jesse, 1 And faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, 1 And beautiful are the psalms of Israel. 1
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2The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, 1 And his word was upon my tongue. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:1And this is the blessing with which Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death.
1 Samuel 2:10The Lord will weaken his adversary; 1 The Lord is holy. 1 Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, 1 Nor let the mighty man boast in his strength, 1 And let not the rich man boast in his wealth; 1 But let him that boasts boast in this, 1 To understand and know the Lord, 1 And to execute judgment and justice in the midst of the earth. 1 The Lord has gone up to the heavens, and has thundered: 1 He will judge the extremities of the earth, 1 And he gives strength to our kings, 1 And will exalt the horn of his Christ. And she left him there before the Lord,
2 Samuel 7:8And now thus shalt thou say to my servant David, Thus says the Lord Almighty, I took thee from the sheepcote, that thou shouldest be a prince over my people, over Israel.
2 Samuel 22:51He magnifies the salvation of his king, 1 And works mercy for his anointed, 1 Even for David and for his seed forever.
1 Chronicles 16:7Then David first gave orders to praise the Lord by the hand of Asaph and his brethren. 1
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 →