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2 Samuel 23

2 Sam. 23:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
, the Rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
of Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
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
to me, μHe that ruleth
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
over men
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
must be just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
p, ruling
mashal (Hebrew #4910)
to rule
KJV usage: (have, make to have) dominion, governor, X indeed, reign, (bear, cause to, have) rule(-ing, -r), have power.
Pronounce: maw-shal'
Origin: a primitive root
in the fear
yir'ah (Hebrew #3374)
fear (also used as infinitive); morally, reverence
KJV usage: X dreadful, X exceedingly, fear(-fulness).
Pronounce: yir-aw'
Origin: feminine of 3373
q of God
'elohiym (Hebrew #430)
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
KJV usage: angels, X exceeding, God (gods)(-dess, -ly), X (very) great, judges, X mighty.
Pronounce: el-o-heem'
Origin: plural of 433
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or, be thou ruler, etc.
Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
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Prov. 31:9• 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy. (Prov. 31:9)
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Ex. 18:21• 21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, (Ex. 18:21)
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2 Chron. 19:7,9• 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.
 9And he charged them saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah faithfully and with a perfect heart. (2 Chron. 19:7,9)

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Israel,
Man,
Rock

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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God.
Gen. 33:20• 20And there he set up an altar, and called it El-Elohe-Israel. (Gen. 33:20)
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Ex. 3:15• 15And God said moreover to Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel: Jehovah, the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you. This is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations. (Ex. 3:15)
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Ex. 19:5‑6• 5And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--for all the earth is mine--
 6and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)
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Ex. 20:2• 2I am Jehovah thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. (Ex. 20:2)
the Rock.
2 Sam. 22:2,32• 2And he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
 32For who is *God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God? (2 Sam. 22:2,32)
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Deut. 32:4,30‑31• 4He is the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
 30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
 31For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges. (Deut. 32:4,30‑31)
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Psa. 42:9• 9I will say unto *God my rock, Why hast thou forgotten me? why go I mourning because of the oppression of the enemy? (Psa. 42:9)
He that ruleth.
or, Be thou ruler, etc.
Psa. 110:2• 2Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:2)
must be just.
Ex. 23:6‑8• 6Thou shalt not pervert the judgment of thy poor in his cause.
 7Thou shalt keep far from the cause of falsehood; and the innocent and righteous slay not; for I will not justify the wicked.
 8And thou shalt take no bribe; for the bribe blindeth those whose eyes are open, and perverteth the words of the righteous. (Ex. 23:6‑8)
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Deut. 16:18‑20• 18Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes, that they may judge the people with just judgment.
 19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a bribe; for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
 20Perfect justice shalt thou follow, that thou mayest live, and possess the land that Jehovah thy God giveth thee. (Deut. 16:18‑20)
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Psa. 82:3‑4• 3Judge the poor and the fatherless, do justice to the afflicted and the destitute;
 4Rescue the poor and needy, deliver them out of the hand of the wicked. (Psa. 82:3‑4)
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Prov. 31:9• 9Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and minister justice to the afflicted and needy. (Prov. 31:9)
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Isa. 11:4‑5• 4but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
 5And righteousness shall be the girdle of his reins, and faithfulness the girdle of his loins. (Isa. 11:4‑5)
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Isa. 32:1• 1Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment. (Isa. 32:1)
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Jer. 23:5• 5Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, when I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, who shall reign as king, and act wisely, and shall execute judgment and righteousness in the land. (Jer. 23:5)
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Zech. 9:9• 9Rejoice greatly, daughter of Zion; shout, daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh to thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly and riding upon an ass, even upon a colt the foal of an ass. (Zech. 9:9)
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Heb. 1:8• 8but as to the Son, Thy throne, O God, is to the age of the age, and a sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. (Heb. 1:8)
ruling.
Ex. 18:21• 21But do thou provide among all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place them over them, chiefs of thousands, chiefs of hundreds, chiefs of fifties, and chiefs of tens, (Ex. 18:21)
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2 Chron. 19:7‑9• 7And now, let the terror of Jehovah be upon you; be careful what ye do, for there is no iniquity with Jehovah, nor respect of persons, nor taking of presents.
 8--And moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set some of the Levites and priests, and of the chief fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah and for causes.--And they returned to Jerusalem.
 9And he charged them saying, Thus shall ye do in the fear of Jehovah faithfully and with a perfect heart. (2 Chron. 19:7‑9)
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Neh. 5:14• 14Moreover from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year even to the thirty-second year of Artaxerxes the king, twelve years, I and my brethren have not eaten the bread of the governor. (Neh. 5:14)
• God had directly communicated His thoughts about His people Israel to him. (“David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)
• If God speaks by David, He also speaks to David: "The Rock of Israel spoke to me." (“David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)
• {v.3-4} the first object that God presents to David and by him is not David himself, that is, his past; but rather Christ, that is, his future and our future with Him. Doubtless David was here announcing the immediate future, Solomon's reign, but in reality Solomon did not answer to the glorious description given us here of the future king of glory. (“David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7” by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spoke to me, The ruler amongc men shall be justd, Ruling in the fear of God;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "over."
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Or "a just ruler over mankind " "the Adam." see Gen. 1.27, 6.1.