Verse
2 Samuel 23:3 — The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that…
“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.”
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The verses around 2 Samuel 23:3.
1Now 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,
2The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
3The 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.
4And 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.
5Although 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.
Verse explanation
God, the Rock of Israel, reveals that there will be a just ruler, one who rules in the fear of God — an ideal of leadership that points beyond David himself.
From the 2 Samuel 23 study in Bible in Stories.
2 Samuel 23:3 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
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.
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Disse o Deus d'Israel, a Rocha d'Israel a mim me fallou: Haverá um justo que domine sobre os homens, que domine no temor de Deus.
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
O Deus de Israel disse, Falou-me o Forte de Israel: O dominador dos homens será justo. Dominador em temor de Deus.
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
El Dios de Israel habló; la Roca de Israel me dijo: ‘El que gobierna al pueblo con justicia, el que gobierna respetando a Dios,
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