2 Samuel 23:4

And in the morning light of God, let the sun arise in the morning, 1 From the light of which the Lord passed on, 1 And as it were from the rain of the tender grass upon the earth. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

In Context

3The 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

5For my house is not so with the Mighty One: 1 For he has made an everlasting covenant with me, 1 Ready, guarded at every time; 1 For all my salvation and all my desire is, 1 That the wicked should not flourish. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:2Let my speech be looked for as the rain, 1 And my words come down as dew, 1 As the shower upon the herbage, 1 And as snow upon the grass. 1

Psalms 72:6Therefore pride has possessed them; 1 They have clothed themselves with their injustice and ungodliness. 1

Psalms 110:3His work is worthy of thanksgiving and honor: 1 And his righteousness endures forever and ever. 1

Isaiah 4:2And in that day God shall shine gloriously in counsel on the earth, to exalt and glorify the remnant of Israel.

Isaiah 60:3And kings shall walk in thy light, and nations in thy brightness.

Hosea 6:3let us follow on to know the Lord: we shall find him ready as the morning, and he will come to us as the early and latter rain to the earth.

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 →

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