Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 23:5
2 Samuel 23:5. Although my house be not so with God Although God knows that neither I nor my children have lived and ruled as we should have done, so justly, and in the fear of the Lord; and therefore have not enjoyed that uninterrupted prosperity which we might have enjoyed. Covenant Notwithstanding all our transgressions whereby we have broken covenant with God, yet God, to whom all my sins were known, was graciously pleased to make a sure covenant, to continue the kingdom to me, and to... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 23:4
2 Samuel 23:4. He shall be as the light of the morning These words are a further description of the king’s duty, which is not only to rule with justice and piety, but also with sweetness, and gentleness, and condescension to the infirmities of his people; to render his government as acceptable to them as is the sunshine in a clear morning, or the tender grass which springs out of the earth by the warm beams of the sun after the rain. read more