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2 Samuel 23

2 Sam. 23:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Although my house
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
be not so with God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
; yet he hath made
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
with me ant everlasting
`owlam (Hebrew #5769)
from 5956; properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
KJV usage: alway(-s), ancient (time), any more, continuance, eternal, (for, (n-))ever(-lasting, -more, of old), lasting, long (time), (of) old (time), perpetual, at any time, (beginning of the) world (+ without end). Compare 5331, 5703.
Pronounce: o-lawm'
Origin: or lolam {o-lawm'}
covenant
briyth (Hebrew #1285)
a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
KJV usage: confederacy, (con-)feder(-ate), covenant, league.
Pronounce: ber-eeth'
Origin: from 1262 (in the sense of cutting (like 1254))
, ordered
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
in all things, and sure
shamar (Hebrew #8104)
properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.
KJV usage: beward, be circumspect, take heed (to self), keep(-er, self), mark, look narrowly, observe, preserve, regard, reserve, save (self), sure, (that lay) wait (for), watch(-man).
Pronounce: shaw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
: for this is all my salvation
yesha` (Hebrew #3468)
from 3467; liberty, deliverance, prosperity
KJV usage: safety, salvation, saving.
Pronounce: yeh'-shah
Origin: or yeshai {yay'-shah}
, and all my desire
chephets (Hebrew #2656)
pleasure; hence (abstractly) desire; concretely, a valuable thing; hence (by extension) a matter (as something in mind)
KJV usage: acceptable, delight(-some), desire, things desired, matter, pleasant(-ure), purpose, willingly.
Pronounce: khay'-fets
Origin: from 2654
u, although he make it not to grow
tsamach (Hebrew #6779)
to sprout (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative)
KJV usage: bear, bring forth, (cause to, make to) bud (forth), (cause to, make to) grow (again, up), (cause to) spring (forth, up).
Pronounce: tsaw-makh'
Origin: a primitive root
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2 Sam. 7:18• 18{i}And king David went in and sat before Jehovah, and said{/i}, Who am I, O Lord Jehovah? and what is my house, that thou hast brought me hitherto? (2 Sam. 7:18)
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2 Sam. 12:10• 10Now therefore the sword shall never depart from thine house; because thou hast despised me, and hast taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be thy wife. (2 Sam. 12:10)
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2 Sam. 13:14,28• 14{i}But he would not hearken to her voice, and was stronger than she, and humbled her and lay with her.{/i}
28{i}And Absalom commanded his servants, saying, Mark ye now when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, Smite Amnon; then slay him, fear not: have not I commanded you? be courageous, and be valiant.{/i}
(2 Sam. 13:14,28)
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2 Sam. 18:14• 14{i}Then said Joab, I may not tarry thus with thee. And he took three spears in his hand, and thrust them into Absalom's body, while he was yet alive in the midst of the terebinth.{/i} (2 Sam. 18:14)
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1 Kings 1:5• 5{i}And Adonijah the son of Haggith exalted himself, saying, I will be king; and he provided himself chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him.{/i} (1 Kings 1:5)
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1 Kings 2:24‑25• 24{i}And now as Jehovah liveth, who has established me, and set me on the throne of David my father, and who has made me a house, as he promised, Adonijah shall be put to death this day.{/i}
25{i}And king Solomon sent by the hand of Benaiah the son of Jehoiada; who fell on him, that he died.{/i}
(1 Kings 2:24‑25)
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1 Kings 11:6‑8• 6And Solomon did evil in the sight of Jehovah, and went not fully after Jehovah, as did David his father.
7Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the children of Ammon.
8And likewise did he for all his strange wives, which burnt incense and sacrificed unto their gods.
(1 Kings 11:6‑8)
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1 Kings 12:14• 14and spake to them after the counsel of the young men, saying, My father made your yoke heavy, and I will add to your yoke: my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions. (1 Kings 12:14)
he hath made.
2 Sam. 7:14‑16• 14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men.
15But my mercy shall not depart away from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away before thee.
16And thine house and thy kingdom shall be established forever before thee: thy throne shall be established forever.
(2 Sam. 7:14‑16)
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1 Chron. 17:11‑14• 11{i}And it shall come to pass, when thy days are fulfilled that thou must go to be with thy fathers, that I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall be of thy sons; and I will establish his kingdom{/i}.
12He shall build me a house, and I will establish his throne forever.
13I will be his father, and he shall be my son: and I will not take my mercy away from him, as I took it from him that was before thee:
14but I will settle him in mine house and in my kingdom forever: and his throne shall be established for evermore.
(1 Chron. 17:11‑14)
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Psa. 89:3,28• 3I have made a covenant with mine elect [one],{HR}I have sworn to David my servant.
28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
(Psa. 89:3,28)
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Isa. 9:6‑7• 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of eternity , Prince of Peace.
7To the increase of the government and to peace [there shall be] no end upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The jealousy of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
(Isa. 9:6‑7)
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Isa. 55:3• 3Incline your ear, and come unto me; hear, and your soul shall live: and I will make an everlasting covenant with you, the sure mercies of David. (Isa. 55:3)
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Isa. 61:8• 8For I Jehovah love judgment, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them. (Isa. 61:8)
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Jer. 32:40• 40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me. (Jer. 32:40)
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Jer. 33:25‑26• 25Thus saith Jehovah, If my covenant be not with day and night, and if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth;
26then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David my servant, so that I will not take any of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
(Jer. 33:25‑26)
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Ezek. 37:26• 26Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore. (Ezek. 37:26)
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Heb. 13:20• 20But the God of peace, that brought again from among [the] dead our Lord Jesus the great Shepherd of the sheep in virtue of blood of an everlasting covenant, (Heb. 13:20)
and sure.
all my salvation.
desire.
to grow.
Isa. 4:2• 2In that day shall the Branch of Jehovah be beautiful and glorious, and the fruit of the earth shall be excellent and comely for them that are escaped of Israel. (Isa. 4:2)
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Isa. 7:14• 14Therefore will Jehovah Himself give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son and shall call his name Immanuel. (Isa. 7:14)
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Isa. 9:6‑7• 6For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name is called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Father of eternity , Prince of Peace.
7To the increase of the government and to peace [there shall be] no end upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to establish it and to uphold it with judgment and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The jealousy of Jehovah of hosts will perform this.
(Isa. 9:6‑7)
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Isa. 11:1• 1And there shall come forth a shoot out of the stock of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots shall bear fruit: (Isa. 11:1)
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Isa. 27:6• 6In future Jacob shall take root; Israel shall bud and blossom, and fill the face of the world with fruit. (Isa. 27:6)
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Amos 9:11• 11In that day will I raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen, and close up the breaches thereof; {i}and I will raise up its ruins, and I will build it as in the days of old:{/i} (Amos 9:11)
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1 Cor. 3:6‑7• 6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the increase.
7So that neither he that planteth is anything, nor he that watereth, but God that giveth the increase.
(1 Cor. 3:6‑7)
 At the sight of this glory David now turns back to himself and his history. It is as though he were saying: This is what I should have been and what another will be; now here is what I am: "Although my house be not so before God." (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)
 David has nothing more to learn. He has no confidence in himself nor in his house and he condemns them both. (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)
 The present is grace: that which God had done for David despite what David had been. (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)
 God sought a ground for the new covenant in Himself; man does not enter into this covenant as a contracting party. This is why it can endure and never end. David rests upon that which God has done. (David's Last Words: 2 Samuel 23:1-7 by H.L. Rossier)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Although my house be not so before *God, Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, Ordered in every way and sure; For this is all my salvation, and every desiree, Although he make it not to growf.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "all good pleasure."
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Or "For all my salvation and all good pleasure, would he not make them to grow?"

W. Kelly Translation

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Although my house be not so with God;{HR}Yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant,{HR}Ordered in all things, and sure:{HR}For this is all my salvation, and all my desire,{HR}Although he make it not to grow.