2 Samuel 23:2 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

2 Samuel 23:2 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Peter 1:21
For the prophecy came not in old time by the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Matthew 22:43
He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying,
Acts 2:25-31
For David speaketh concerning him, I foresaw the Lord always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: …
Mark 12:36
For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.
Hebrews 3:7-8
Wherefore(as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

We have here the last will and testament of king David, or a codicil annexed to it, after he had settled the crown upon Solomon and his treasures upon the temple which was to be built. The last words of great and good men are thought worthy to be in a special manner remarked and remembered. David would have those taken notice of, and added either to his Psalms (as they are here to that in the fore…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 2)

2. The Spirit of the Lord spake by me--Nothing can more clearly show that all that is excellent in spirit, beautiful in language, or grand in prophetic imagery, which the Psalms of David contain, were owing, not to his superiority in natural talents or acquired knowledge, but to the suggestion and dictates of God’s Spirit.