2 Samuel 23:2 ASV

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The Final Oracle Of David (2 Samuel 23:1-7 ). We are told that these are ‘the last words of David’ (i.e. his last official words in the light of approaching death). The last words of a man were seen as having special importance, compare Genesis 49:1; Genesis 49:33; Deuteronomy 33:1, and were seen as prophetic of the future. The pattern of the opening words here is partially based on two oracles of Balaam in Numbers 24:3-4; Numbers 24:15-17, demonstrating David’s close awareness of the ancient... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

1 Samuel 23:1-Judges : . The Last Words of David ( cf. above).— This poem is generally held to be a late production and not composed by David. “ Saith” (twice) in 1 Samuel 23:1, is the solemn ne’ um, “ oracle” ( Numbers 24:3). Instead of “ sweet psalmist of Israel,” render “ him whom Israel delights to praise” ( cf. RVm). 2 Samuel 23:4 should run: He shall dawn like the light of morning, Like the sun on a morning without clouds.The text and translation of the last line, and of 2 Samuel... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 23:2

The following words, and consequently the other words and Psalms composed and uttered by me upon the like solemn occasions, are not to be looked upon as my private fancies or human inventions, but both the matter and the words of them are suggested and governed by God’s Spirit, which is the great Teacher of the church. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES. 2 Samuel 23:1. Words, rather, Divine sayings, i.e., prophetic utterances. Keil thus translates the verse:“Divine saying of David the son of Jesse,Divine saying of the man, the highly exaltedOf the anointed of the God of Jacob,” etc.“The following words of David are thereby announced to be a peculiarly prophetic declaration which rests on an inspeaking of God by His Spirit to His soul.” (Erdmann). This introduction to the prophetic announcement rests, both as to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

2 Samuel 23:1-7 If Jacob when he died foresaw the fate of a family, and Joseph the fate of a nation, David saw, and rejoiced to see, the destiny of mankind. His dying eyes were fixed on that great advent which changed the old world into the new world in which we live, on the dawn of that new Christian day which has come to the earth like the clear shining of the sun after rain and clothed it in fresh, tender green. Whether it was so designed or not we cannot tell, but in the sacred record the... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 23:1-4

DISCOURSE: 325THE EQUITY OF CHRIST’S GOVERNMENT2 Samuel 23:1-4. Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet Psalmist of Israel, said, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue. The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth,... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

Chapter 23In chapter twenty-three,These are the last words of David. The son of Jesse, the man who was raised up on high, the anointed [of God,] of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel. [I like that last title, "the sweet psalmist of Israel."] The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue ( 2 Samuel 23:1-2 ).So David acknowledges that God spoke by him. It was God's word that was in his tongue. These words are confirmed in the New Testament. Peter in quoting one... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

2 Samuel 23:1 . The last words of David; that is, the last song of an expiring muse; a bright spark rekindled before it burned out. All his hope was concentrated on Christ, called by Isaiah the sure mercies of David: Isaiah 55:4. This consoled him when he saw his walk defective: and in all our troubles the Redeemer is our only hope. 2 Samuel 23:5 . Although my house be not so with God. Since the reformation, several commentators, biassed by peculiar opinions, have attempted to give a... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 23:1-5

2 Samuel 23:1-5Now these be the last words of David.The “last words” of DavidAccording to a commonly received interpretation of this passage, David mourned over the ungodly state of his children, but exulted in the assurance of his, own personal salvation. He first repeated the description he had received from the Lord of the character which kings and rulers should maintain, and it is supposed that he next lamented the fact that his children did not answer to the Divine ideal. It is further... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 23:2

2 Samuel 23:2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me. The inspiration of the ScripturesI. The Inspiration Of The Scriptures. This may be shown by the combined testimony of Moses, the Psalmist, the Prophets of our Lord, and also of the Apostles and Evangelists. Consider:1. The language of Moses. Now what does Moses say of his own writings? “Thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep His statutes and His commandments, which are written in this book of the law.”2. The language of... read more

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 23:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - 2 Samuel 23:1-4

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 2 Samuel 23:1-39

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 23:1-5

The Biblical Illustrator - 2 Samuel 23:2

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