2 Samuel 23:2 ASV

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 2 Samuel 23:2

2. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me—Nothing can more clearly show that all that is excellent in spirit, beautiful in language, or grand in prophetic imagery, which the Psalms of David contain, were owing, not to his superiority in natural talents or acquired knowledge, but to the suggestion and dictates of God's Spirit. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

D. David’s Last Testament 23:1-7The combination of David’s final song (in the text, ch. 22) followed by his last testament (2 Samuel 23:1-7) recalls the similar combination of Moses’ final song and his last testament (Deuteronomy 32, 33). This was David’s final literary legacy to Israel."Whereas the psalm in the previous chapter celebrates the delivering acts of Yahweh by which the Davidic supremacy was established, this little poem is composed around the theme of the dynastic covenant through... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

David’s Last Words. The Exploits of his Heroes1-7. This psalm is not contained in the book of Psalms. It is called ’the last’ (rather, ’the latter’) ’words of David,’ in contrast with the earlier psalm, which forms 2 Samuel 22. We have no other means of determining its date.2. By me] RM ’in me.’ The idea is that God used the psalmist as His instrument and spokesman to repeat His words to the people: cp. 1 Kings 22:28; Hosea 1:2.4. As the tender grass springing] render, ’when the tender grass... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 23:2

(2) The Spirit of the Lord spake by me.—In accordance with 2 Samuel 23:1, there is here, and also in the next clause, most explicit assertion that this was spoken under the prompting and guidance of the Divine Spirit. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

Heroism 2 Samuel 23:15-16 It is abundantly clear that no one sent the three on their splendid errand. It is highly probable that had David known of their project he would have forbidden it. Some one had heard a few words of the king's soliloquy. His wish was whispered through the camp. And these men went forth unknown to him to meet it. Nor was the journey of the three through the enemy's lines mere bravado, or for fame's sake. They of all men had least temptation in these directions. It were... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

CHAPTER XXXI.THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID.2 Samuel 23:1-7.(See Revised Version and margin.)OF these "the last words of David," we need not understand that they were the last words he ever spoke, but his last song or psalm, his latest vision, and therefore the subject that was most in his mind in the last period of his life. The Psalm recorded in the preceding chapter was an earlier song, and its main drift was of the past. Of this latest Psalm the main drift is of the future. The colours of this... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

3. The Last Words of David and the Record of the Mighty Men CHAPTER 23 1. His last words (2 Samuel 23:1-7 ) 2. The names and records of David’s mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8-39 ) In his last words an even greater and clearer vision is given to King David. “If Psalms 18:0 was a grand Hallelujah, with which David quitted the scene of life, these ‘his last words’ are the divine attestation of all that he had sung and prophesied in the Psalms concerning the spiritual import of the kingdom which... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 23:2

23:2 The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word [was] in my {b} tongue.(b) Meaning, he spoke nothing but by the motion of God’s Spirit. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

In the last words of David (vs.1-7) we see far more clearly than in Chapter 22 the sharp distinction between David personally and David's Son Messiah. The first verse presents David himself as son of Jesse, raised up to the throne of Israel as the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel. All of this blessing given to him is mainly for the purpose of his bearing witness to the future King of Israel, the Lord Jesus. Verse 2 shows that David was not only writing from the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

MINGLED EXPERIENCES THE GRATEFUL RETROSPECT (2 Samuel 22:0 ) The title of this section is that which Spurgeon gives the psalm which constitutes it. The psalm is numbered 18 in the book of Psalms, and will be found to contain variations in the text. A common explanation of these is that David sung it, or caused it to be sung, often, and hence revised it for final use in the tabernacle. The second and forty-ninth verses of the psalm are quoted in the New Testament as the words of Jesus Christ... read more