2 Samuel 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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 grow. ”

2 Samuel 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 troubl...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 Samuel 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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:...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 23:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

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 s...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 Samuel 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 giv...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 t...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 D...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XXXI. THE LAST WORDS OF DAVID. 2 Samuel 23:1-7 . (See Revised Version and margin.) OF these "the last words of David," we need not understand that they were the last words he ever...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

David's Last Song 2 Samuel 23:1-7 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 stol...
2 Samuel 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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 t...
2 Samuel 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 whi...
2 Samuel 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 Samuel 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 en...
2 Samuel 23:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Last Words. B. C. 1015. 1 Now these be the last words of David. David the son...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 e...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 sa...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 23:1-7 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...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 su...
2 Samuel 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 exulte...
2 Samuel 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 p...
2 Samuel 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

David's Last Prophetic Song
2 Samuel 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 17:11-14 ; 1 Corinthians 3:6 ; 1 Corinthians 3:7 ; 1 Kings 1:5 ; 1 Kings 11:38 ; 1 Kings 11:6-8 ; 1 Kings 12:14 ; 1 Kings 2:24 ; 1 Kings 2:25 ; 1 Samuel 2:35 ; 1 Samuel 25:28...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

David's Mighty Men 2 Samuel 23:1-23 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...
2 Samuel 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 p...

2 Samuel 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Samuel 23:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

2 Samuel 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Samuel 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 23:5 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Samuel 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Samuel 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

2 Samuel 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Samuel 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 23:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

2 Samuel 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes