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2 Samuel 23:3

The Elohei Yisroel said, 1 the Tzur Yisroel spoke to me, 1 He that ruleth over adam, 1 Tzaddik, ruling in the yirat Elohim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2The Ruach Hashem spoke by me, 1 and His word was on my leshon. 1

4And He shall be as the ohr of the boker, 1 when the shemesh riseth, 1 even a morning without clouds; 1 as the tender deshe (grass) springing out of ha'aretz by clear shining after matar (rain). 1

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Cross References

Genesis 33:20And he erected there a Mizbe'ach, and called it El Elohei Yisroel.

Exodus 18:21Moreover thou shalt provide out of kol HaAm anshei chayil (able men), yirei Elohim, anshei emes, hating bribes; and place such over them, to be over thousands, and over hundreds, over fifties, and over tens;

Exodus 20:2I am Hashem Eloheicha, Who brought thee out of Eretz Mitzrayim, out of the bais avadim (house of slaves).

Deuteronomy 16:18Shofetim and shoterim shalt thou appoint thee in all thy she'arim, which Hashem Eloheicha giveth thee, throughout thy shevatim: and they shall judge HaAm with mishpat-tzedek.

Deuteronomy 32:30How should echad chase an elef (thousand), 1 and shnayim (two) put ten thousand to flight, 1 except their tzur had sold them, 1 and Hashem had shut them up? 1

2 Samuel 22:2And he said, 1 Hashem is my rock, and my matzadah, 1 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 →

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