Isaiah 11:2

His supernatural endowment through the spirit of Jehovah with the qualities of a perfect ruler. The "charismata" are grouped in three pairs; when we add the separate mention of the spirit of Jehovah at the head of the list we may perhaps find here the first suggestion of the "seven spirits" of God (Revelation 1:4). In reality, however, the three pairs unfold the different aspects of the "Spirit of Jehovah." The first pair of virtues are intellectual, the second practical, and the third religious.

wisdom and understanding(or "discernment") are the fundamental intellectual qualifications of a judge or ruler. Deuteronomy 1:13; 1 Kings 3:12.

counsel and might "Counsel" is the faculty of adapting means to ends or of forming right resolutions; "might" the energy necessary to carry them through.

of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord of the knowledge and fear of Jehovah. It seems necessary here to take "knowledge" as equivalent to "knowledge of Jehovah," in spite of the rule that "not more than one construct can stand before the same genitive" (Davidson, Syntax, § 27. b). "Knowledge of Jehovah" is insight into His character and His moral claims on men, "fear of Jehovah" is the common O.T. expression for piety; both together make up the O.T. idea of religion.