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Verse 2 Samuel 23:23. _DAVID SET HIM OVER HIS GUARD._] The _Vulgate_
renders this, _Fecitque eun sibi David auricularium a secreto_, "David
made him his privy counsellor;" or, according to the Hebrew...
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DAVID SET HIM OVER HIS GUARD - “Made him of his privy council,”
would be a better rendering. See 1 Samuel 22:14 note. This position,
distinct from his office as captain of the Cherethites and Pelethit...
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3. THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID AND THE RECORD OF THE MIGHTY MEN
CHAPTER 23
_ 1. His last words (2 Samuel 23:1)_
2. The names and records of David's mighty men (2 Samuel 23:8)
In his last words an even...
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DAVID'S HEROES (_continued)._ The Three and the Thirty (J). (_Cf._
above.)
2 SAMUEL 23:8. 2 Samuel 23:8 must be emended to read, instead of
Josheb, etc., Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three, h...
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_set him over his guard_ MADE HIM A MEMBER OF HIS PRIVY COUNCIL: lit.
_appointed him to his audience_. Cp. 1 Samuel 22:14 (note). If, as
seems not improbable, _Jehoiada the son of Benaiah_in 1 Chronic...
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Exploits of Abishai and Benaiah
18. _Abishai_ David's valiant but hard-hearted nephew, who shared the
command of the army with his brother Joab in the Ammonite war and in
Absalom's rebellion (ch. 2 Sa...
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David's Heroes and their exploits
= 1 Chronicles 11:11-41
This section is placed in Chronicles after the account of David's
election as King of Israel and his capture of Zion, and is prefaced by
the...
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_David's Mighty Men._ 2 Samuel 23:8-39
8 These _be_ the names of the mighty men whom David had: The
Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same
_was_ Adino the Eznite: _he lif...
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_AND BENAIAH THE SON OF JEHOIADA, THE SON OF A VALIANT MAN, OF
KABZEEL, WHO HAD DONE MANY ACTS, HE SLEW TWO LIONLIKE MEN OF MOAB: HE
WENT DOWN ALSO AND SLEW A LION IN THE MIDST OF A PIT IN TIME OF SNO...
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DAVID'S LAST WORDS. THE EXPLOITS OF HIS HEROES
1-7. 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 ps...
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DAVID, THE GREAT KING OF ISRAEL
2 SAMUEL
_HELEN POCOCK_
CHAPTER 23
DAVID’S LAST WORDS
V1 These are the last words of David.
David was the son of Jesse....
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SET HIM OVER HIS GUARD. — The word translated _guard_ means rather
_private audience._ David either made him a member of, or set him over
his council. If in 1 Chronicles 27:34 “Jehoiada son of Benaiah...
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מִן ־הַ שְּׁלֹשִׁ֣ים נִכְבָּ֔ד וְ אֶל
־הַ
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MEN WITH A RECORD
2 Samuel 23:18
What marvels may be wrought by the inspiration of a single life! We
remember the hour when an unknown youth stepped out of the affrighted
hosts of Israel to face Goli...
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Here we have first, the second psalm, containing David's last recorded
words in this connection. They breathe the consciousness of his own
failure, and sing of the divine faithfulness. In verses one t...
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He was more honourable than the (m) thirty, but he attained not to the
[first] three. And David set him over his guard.
(m) He was more valiant than the thirty that follow and not so valiant
as the s...
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(8) В¶ These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: The
Tachmonite that sat in the seat, chief among the captains; the same
was Adino the Eznite: he lift up his spear against eight hundred, wh...
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In the sketch proposed of these books of scripture there is of course
no pretension to notice every point of interest they contain, but only
a general comprehensive view, as far as the Lord enables me...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22 AND 23.
The songs that follow contain instruction of deep interest. In chapter
22 David comes forth from his sufferings and his affliction with a
song of t...
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HE WAS MORE HONOURABLE THAN THE THIRTY,.... Whose names are after
recorded:
BUT HE ATTAINED NOT TO THE [FIRST] THREE; the first triumvirate,
Jashobeam, Eleazar, and Shammah; he was not equal to them...
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He was more honourable than the thirty, but he attained not to the
[first] three. And David set him over his guard.
Ver. 23. _But he attained not._] See on 2 Samuel 23:19 ....
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1 Dauid in his last words, professeth his faith in Gods promises to be
beyond sence or experience.
6 The different state of the wicked.
8 A catalogue of Dauids mightie men.
1 NOWE these bee the las...
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He was more honorable than the thirty, honored above the other
knights, BUT HE ATTAINED NOT TO THE FIRST THREE. AND DAVID SET HIM
OVER HIS GUARD, 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23....
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List of David's Heroes...
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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...
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MORE HONOURABLE THAN THE THIRTY:
Or, honourable among the thirty
GUARD:
Or, council. _Heb._ at his command...
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8-39 David once earnestly longed for the water at the well of
Bethlehem. It seems to be an instance of weakness. He was thirsty;
with the water of that well he had often refreshed himself when a
yout...
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Heb. _over_ (for _el_ is sometimes put for _al_) the men (which is oft
understood, as hath been noted before) _of his command_. So his guard
is called, because they were always at the king's hand, rea...
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2 Samuel 23:23 honored H3513 (H8737) thirty H7970 attain H935 (H8804)
three H7969 David H1732 appointed H7760 ...
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CONTENTS: Last words of David. Deeds of his mighty men.
CHARACTERS: God, Holy Spirit, David, Joshebbasheth, Adino, Eleazar,
Shammah, Abishai, Benaiah, other great men.
CONCLUSION: Those who have ven...
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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...
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 23:8 This list of David’s mighty men is
divided into two groups: THE THREE (vv. 2 Samuel 23:8), and the thirt
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2 SAMUEL—NOTE ON 2 SAMUEL 23:18 This is the list of David’s THIRTY
men. Some of the names appear as officers in 1 Chronicles 27:1. Most
appear in the
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CRITICAL AND EXPOSITORY NOTES.
2 Samuel 23:8. “TACHMONITE” Rather, _Ben Hachmoni_, of the family
of _Hachmon_, not as in 1 Chronicles 27:32, a _son_, because in 2
Samuel 23:2 of that chapte
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EXPOSITION
2 SAMUEL 23:1
NOW THESE BE THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID. A long interval separates this
psalm from the preceding. The one was written when David had just
reached the zenith of his power, and, w...
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In 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...
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1 Chronicles 27:6; 1 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 8:8...
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DAVID'S MIGHTY MEN
2 Samuel 23:1
INTRODUCTORY WORDS
We have today the last words of David for our consideration. Somehow
or other, final words always carry special significance. In the case
of David...