Verse 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 _...
ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE ... - The sense of this clause (according to the the King James Version) will be that David comparing the actual state of his family and kingdom during the later years of trouble and...
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...
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). In...
ALTHOUGH. For (Hebrew. _ki)_ GOD. Hebrew. _'El._ App-4. YET. for (Hebrew. _ki)_ FOR. (Hebrew. _ki)_. Punctuate and translate. IT. i.e. my house...
2 Samuel 23:1-7. The last words of David The great hymn of triumph in ch. 22, composed when David was in the zenith of his prosperity, is followed by his "last words:" his last prophetic utterance, d...
FOR IS NOT MY HOUSE THUS WITH GOD? for an eternal covenant hath he made for me, ordered in all and secured: for all my salvation and all good pleasure shall he not cause it to spring forth? This...
DISCOURSE: 326 THE COVENANT OF GRACE 2 Samuel 23:5. _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 salvat...
ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE BE NOT SO WITH GOD, &C.— This passage is universally allowed to be extremely difficult and obscure. I have not met with any interpretation which appears preferable to that given by D...
4. David's Last Words and His Mighty Men, 2 Samuel 23:1-39. _David's Last Song._ 2 Samuel 23:1-7 Now these _be_ the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man _who was_ raised up o...
_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 GR...
23:5 desire, (e-32) Or 'all good pleasure.' grow. (f-39) Or 'For all my salvation and all good pleasure, would he not make them to grow?'...
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...
This v. is better taken as a question: 'For is not my house so with God, seeing He hath made.. for all my salvation and all my desire, shall He not make it to grow? 'David refers to the promise actual...
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....
ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE. — This verse is extremely difficult, and admits of two interpretations. That given in the English is found in the LXX., the Vulg., and the Syriac, and if adopted will mean that Davi...
כִּֽי ־לֹא ־כֵ֥ן בֵּיתִ֖י עִם ־אֵ֑ל כִּי֩
CHAPTER XXXI. _ THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID._ 2 Samuel 23:1. _ (See Revised Version and margin.)_ OF these "the last words of David," we need not understand that they were the last words he ever spoke,...
DAVID'S LAST SONG 2 Samuel 23:1 Let us place our lips at God's disposal, that He may speak by them, and let His words be on our tongues. God's love is to our souls like morning light. It stole over o...
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...
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]...
Neither is my house, &c. As if he should say: This everlasting covenant was not due to my house: but purely owing to his bounty, who is all my salvation, and my will; that is, who hath always saved me...
(5) 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...
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...
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...
ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE [BE] NOT SO WITH GOD,.... So bright, and flourishing, and prosperous as the government of the just ruler before described; or is not "right" m with God, meaning his family, in which...
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]...
2 Sam. 23:4, 5. "As the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain - although he make it not to grow." It is probable from this that David speaks of the Messiah, that Christ i...
2 Sam. 23:1-5. These last words of David seem to be wholly a prophecy of the Messiah; he begins as the prophets were wont to begin their mystical speeches about things to come. "The Spirit of the Lord...
_Although my house be not so with God_ Although God knows that neither I nor my children have lived and ruled as we should have done, so justly, and in the fear of the Lord; and therefore have not enj...
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...
Although my house be not so with God (the sentence is a question, like 2 Samuel 7:18, expressing David's surprise over the goodness of God which was shown to his family), YET HE HATH MADE WITH ME AN E...
David's Last Prophetic Song...
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...
1-7 These words of David are very worthy of regard. Let those who have had long experience of God's goodness, and the pleasantness of heavenly wisdom, when they come to finish their course, bear thei...
ALTHOUGH MY HOUSE BE NOT SO WITH GOD; although God knows that neither I nor my children have lived and ruled as we should have done, so justly, and in the fear of the Lord; and therefore have not enjo...
2 Samuel 23:5 house H1004 God H410 made H7760 (H8804) everlasting H5769 covenant H1285 Ordered H6186 (H8803) secure
2 Samuel 23:5 Thus the thought of the shortcomings of family religion entered into the last words of David, the son of Jesse, and laid a shadow upon his dying peace. Of all the images under which anot...
2 Samuel 23:1 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 adven...
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...
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...
_Although my house be not so with God._ DAVID’S SORROW AND RESOURCE The great and elevated among mankind have sorrows proportioned to their greatness, as the highest points of earth are most exposed...
_Now these be the last words of David._ THE “LAST WORDS” OF DAVID According to a commonly received interpretation of this passage, David mourned over the ungodly state of his children, but exulted in...
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...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 17:11; 1 Corinthians 3:6; 1 Corinthians 3:7; 1 Kings 1:5;...
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...
Altho' — Although God knows, that neither I, nor my children have lived and ruled as we should have done, so justly, and in the fear of the Lord; and therefore have not enjoyed that uninterrupted pros...