2 Samuel 23:3
The God of Israel says, 1 A watchman out of Israel spoke to me a parable: 1 I said among men, How will ye strengthen the fear of the anointed? 1
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2The Spirit of the Lord spoke by me, 1 And his word was upon my tongue. 1
Cross References
Genesis 33:20And he set up there an altar, and called on the God of Israel.
Exodus 18:21And do thou look out for thyself out of all the people able men, fearing God, righteous men, hating pride, and thou shalt set over the people captains of thousands and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains 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 make for thyself judges and officers in thy cities, which the Lord thy God gives thee in thy tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment:
Deuteronomy 32:30How should one pursue a thousand, 1 And two rout tens of thousands, 1 If God had not sold them, 1 And the Lord delivered them up? 1
2 Samuel 22:2And the song was thus: 1 O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, 1
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 →