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2 Samuel 23

2 Sam. 23:2 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
o of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
spake
dabar (Hebrew #1696)
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, X well, X work.
Pronounce: daw-bar'
Origin: a primitive root
by me, and his word
millah (Hebrew #4405)
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
KJV usage: + answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
Pronounce: mil-law'
Origin: from 4448 (plural masculine as if from milleh {mil-leh'}
was in my tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
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2 Peter 1:21• 21for prophecy was not ever uttered by the will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:21)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Matt. 22:43• 43He says to them, How then does David in Spirit call him Lord, saying, (Matt. 22:43)
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Mark 12:36• 36for David himself said speaking in the Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet. (Mark 12:36)
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Acts 2:25‑31• 25for David says as to him, I foresaw the Lord continually before me, because he is at my right hand that I may not be moved.
 26Therefore has my heart rejoiced and my tongue exulted; yea more, my flesh also shall dwell in hope,
 27for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.
 28Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
 29Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
 30Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;
 31he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. (Acts 2:25‑31)
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Heb. 3:7‑8• 7Wherefore, even as says the Holy Spirit, To-day if ye will hear his voice,
 8harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness; (Heb. 3:7‑8)
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2 Peter 1:21• 21for prophecy was not ever uttered by the will of man, but holy men of God spake under the power of the Holy Spirit. (2 Peter 1:21)
• Man has mixed in nothing that is of himself: "His word was on my tongue." God uses what He wants of man in order to present His thoughts in the absolute integrity of His Word. (“David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The Spirit of Jehovah spoke by me, And his word was on my tongue.