2 Samuel 23:2-7 WEB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:5

Although my house be not so with God - Instead of כן ken , so, read כן kun , established; and let the whole verse be considered as an interrogation, including a positive assertion; and the sense will be at once clear and consistent: "for is not my house (family) established with God; because he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all, and preserved? For this (He) is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he make it (or him) not to spring up."... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:6

But the sons of Belial shall be all of them as thorns - There is no word in the text for sons; it is simply Belial, the good-for-nothing man, and may here refer - first to Saul, and secondly to the enemies of our Lord. As thorns thrust away - A metaphor taken from hedging; the workman thrusts the thorns aside either with his bill or hand, protected by his impenetrable mitten or glove, till, getting a fair blow at the roots, he cuts them all down. The man is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-3

( JERUSALEM .) David's last words. [The closing years of David's life (after the insurrection of Sheba was subdued, 2 Samuel 20:1-26 .) were spent in peace. Having secured a site for the altar ( 2 Samuel 24:25 ; 1 Chronicles 21:28 ), he made preparations for the building of the temple ( 1 Chronicles 22:1-19 .). At length his strength began to fail; but, when made acquainted with the conspiracy of Adonijah, he displayed something of his former energy in hastening the accession... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The fruitful lessons of David's last words. The facts are: 1 . There is a statement that these are the last words of David, who is spoken of in a fourfold respect. 2 . It is affirmed that the utterance which follows is expressly by the Spirit of God. 3 . The true ruler is described as one who is just and one fearing God; and the effects of his government are compared to the light of a bright morning, and the tender grass after rain. 4 . David affirms that his house is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

( Matthew 1:1 ) The son of Jesse, and the Son of David. The relation of David to Jesus, regarded in the light of prophecy and history, was one of: 1 . Hereditary connection; inasmuch as he not only belonged to the tribe of Judah ( Genesis 49:10 ; Hebrews 7:14 ; Revelation 5:5 ) and the house of Jesse the Bethlehemite ( Isaiah 11:1 ), but was ancestor of Jesus ( Matthew 1:16 ; Luke 3:23 ); who was thus legal heir to "the throne of his father David," and was born in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The righteous Ruler. David, in his last days, like Jacob and Moses, received the spirit of prophecy, and was thus enabled to predict the coming of the perfect King, sprung from himself; the blessings of his reign, and his triumph over his enemies. These "last words" of his are, indeed, regarded by some as primarily a description of what a ruler of men should be, and as only secondarily, if at all, relating to the Christ. Our Authorized Version favours this interpretation by introducing in ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:3-4

He that ruleth, etc. This rendering of the Hebrew is very beautiful, and fit to be graven on the hearts of rulers. There is often almost an inspiration in the renderings of the Authorized Version. Grammatically, nevertheless, the psalm declares the blessedness of the king who is just, and may be translated as follows:— "He that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God— And as the morning light shall he be, when the sun riseth, A morning without clouds; Yea, as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:3-7

An oracle concerning the King Messiah. 1 . The hope of salvation, and more especially of the establishment of the kingdom of heaven upon earth, was, in some measure, fulfilled in the reign of David, the Lord's messiah. In his character as theocratic ruler he was a type (prefigurement or anticipatory outline) of Christ ( 1 Samuel 2:10 ). "The type is prophecy in deed." 2 . Under Divine inspiration, he formed an ideal of a theocratic ruler, in connection with his own personality... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:5

Although my house, etc. The rendering of the Authorized Version is that of the ancient versions, and is to be retained. David could not but feel that his house was too stained with sin upon sin for him to be able to lay claim to have been in fact that which the theocratic king was in theory, and which David ought to have been as the representative of Christ, and himself the christ, or anointed of Israel's God. But most modern commentators take the negatives as interrogative, and, therefore,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:5

Comfort from the everlasting covenant. David, as he approached the close of life, had this vision ( 2 Samuel 23:2-7 ) of the just king, and the happiness which would attend his reign. It reminded him of what ought to have been the character of his own rule, and what might have been its blessedness. The perfect realization of the picture by himself and his subjects was not, indeed, possible; but the actual condition of things was not inevitable. He knew that he himself had largely... read more

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 23:6

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:1-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:3-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:3-7

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Samuel 23:5

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