Verse 3
2 Samuel 23:3
Bible in Basic English
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The God (Elohim) of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is ruling over men, when he is ruling in the fear of God (Elohim),
Original Language Text
hebrew
אָמַר֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִ֥/י דִבֶּ֖ר צ֣וּר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל מוֹשֵׁל֙ בָּ/אָדָ֔ם צַדִּ֕יק מוֹשֵׁ֖ל יִרְאַ֥ת אֱלֹהִֽים
English Translation
The God of Israel said to me, "Speak, Rock of Israel: A righteous man rules; one who fears God rules."
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Chapter 23 Context
1
Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on h...
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The spirit of the Lord had voice through me, his word was on my tongue.
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The God (Elohim) of Israel said, the word of the Rock of Israel came to me: When an upright king is...
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It is as the light of the morning, when the sun comes up, a morning without clouds; making young gra...
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For is not my house so with God (Elohim)? For he has made with me an eternal agreement, ordered in a...
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But the evil-doers, all of them, will be like thorns to be pushed away, because they may not be grip...
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But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned w...
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These are the names of David's men of war: Ishbaal the Hachmonite, chief of the three; his axe was l...
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After him was Eleazar, the son of Dodai the Ahohite, one of the three great fighters, who was with D...
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He was with David and went on fighting the Philistines till his hand became tired and stiff from gri...
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After him was Shammah, the son of Ela the Hararite. And the Philistines came together in Lehi, where...
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12
But he kept his place in the middle of the bit of land, and kept back their attack and overcame the...
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13
And three of the thirty went down at the start of the grain-cutting, and they came to David at the s...
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14
And at that time David had taken cover in the strong place, and an armed force of the Philistines wa...
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15
And David, moved by a strong desire, said, If only someone would give me a drink of water from the w...
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And the three men, forcing their way through the Philistine army, got water from the water-hole of B...
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And he said, Far be it from me, O Lord, to do this; how may I take as my drink the life-blood of men...
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And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty. He put to death three...
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Was he not the noblest of the thirty? so he was made their captain: but he was not equal to the firs...
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And Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, a fighting man of Kabzeel, had done great acts; he put to death the...
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And he made an attack on an Egyptian, a tall man: and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he w...
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These were the acts of Benaiah, the son of Jehoiada, who had a great name among the thirty men of wa...
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He was honoured over the rest of the thirty, but he was not equal to the first three. And David put...
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Asahel, the brother of Joab, was one of the thirty; and Elhanan, the son of Dodai, of Beth-lehem,
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Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
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Helez the Paltite, Ira, the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
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Abiezer the Anathothite, Sibbecai the Hushathite,
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Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
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Heldai, the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai, the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Ben...
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Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the valleys of Gaash,
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Abiel the Arbathite, Azmaveth of Bahurim,
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Eliahba the Shaalbonite, Jashen the Gunite,
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Jonathan, the son of Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam, the son of Sharar the Hararite,
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Eliphelet, the son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, Eliam, the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
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Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Archite,
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Igal, the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
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Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, who had the care of the arms of Joab, son of Zeruiah,
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Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
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Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in number.
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