"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 Go…" — 2 Samuel 23:3

2 Samuel 23:3 · KJV

“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. {He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc}”

— 2 Samuel 23:3

Verse 2

The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word {was} in my tongue.

Verse 4

And {he shall be} as the light of the morning, {when} the sun riseth, {even} a morning without clouds; {as} the tender grass {springing} out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

2 Samuel 23 — Context

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. {He...: or, Be thou ruler, etc}

And {he shall be} as the light of the morning, {when} the sun riseth, {even} a morning without clouds; {as} the tender grass {springing} out of the earth by clear shining after rain.

Although my house {be} not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all {things}, and sure: for {this is} all my salvation, and all {my} desire, although he make {it} not to grow.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:4

{He is} the Rock, his work {is} perfect: for all his ways {are} judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right {is} he.

2 Samuel 22:32

For who {is} God, save the LORD? and who {is} a rock, save our God?

Exodus 18:21

Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place {such} over them, {to be} rulers of thousands, {and} rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens:

Psalms 72:2

He shall judge thy people with righteousness, and thy poor with judgment.

Hebrews 1:8

But unto the Son {he saith}, Thy throne, O God, {is} for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteousness {is} the sceptre of thy kingdom. {righteousness: Gr. rightness, or, straightness}

Psalms 82:3-4

Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. {Defend: Heb. Judge}

Exodus 23:6-8

Thou shalt not wrest the judgment of thy poor in his cause.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20

Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.

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