2 Samuel 23:1
These also be the last wordes of Dauid, Dauid the sonne of Ishai saith, euen the man who was set vp on hie, the Anointed of the God of Iacob, and the sweete singer of Israel saith,
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In The King James Version
In Context
2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his worde was in my tongue.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:1Nowe this is the blessing wherewith Moses the man of God blessed the children of Israel before his death, and said,
1 Samuel 2:10The Lordes aduersaries shall be destroyed, and out of heauen shall he thunder vpon them: the Lord shall iudge the endes of the worlde, and shall giue power vnto his King, and exalt the horne of his Anoynted.
1 Samuel 17:12Nowe this Dauid was the sonne of an Ephrathite of Beth-lehem Iudah, named Ishai, which had eight sonnes: and this man was taken for an olde man in the daies of Saul.
2 Samuel 7:8Nowe therefore so say vnto my seruant Dauid, Thus saieth the Lord of hostes, I tooke thee from the sheepecote following the sheepe, that thou mightest bee ruler ouer my people, ouer Israel.
2 Samuel 22:51He is the tower of saluation for his King, and sheweth mercie to his anointed, euen to Dauid, and to his seede for euer.
1 Chronicles 16:7Then at that time Dauid did appoint at the beginning to giue thankes to 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 →