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| 1 And these [are] the last words of David: 'The affirmation of David son of Jesse And the affirmation of the man raised up Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel: |
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| 2 The Spirit of Jehovah hath spoken by me, And His word [is] on my tongue. |
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| 3 He said the God of Israel to me, He spake the Rock of Israel: He who is ruling over man [is] righteous, He is ruling in the fear of God. |
Must be just – This is the meaning of the Lord's careful selection, instruction, discipline, judging and proving his people whom he is now calling to a ruling position in the Millennial Kingdom. R4198:6
But enforcement of justice is not the Lord's rule for his people in the present time when they themselves are weak and imperfect. "Judge no man before the time." (1 Cor. 4:5) R4198:6
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| 4 And as the light of morning he riseth, A morning sun no clouds! By the shining, by the rain, Tender grass of the earth! |
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| 5 For not so [is] my house with God; For a covenant age-during He made with me, Arranged in all things, and kept; For all my salvation, and all desire, For He hath not caused [it] to spring up. |
Everlasting covenant – The original grace, or Sarah, covenant. R4321:2
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| 6 As to the worthless As a thorn driven away [are] all of them, For not by hand are they taken; |
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| 7 And the man who cometh against them Is filled with iron and the staff of a spear, And with fire they are utterly burnt In the cessation.' |
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| 8 These [are] the names of the mighty ones whom David hath: sitting in the seat [is] the Tachmonite, head of the captains he [is] Adino, who hardened himself against eight hundred wounded at one time. |
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| 9 And after him [is] Eleazar son of Dodo, son of Ahohi, of the three mighty men with David; in their exposing themselves among the Philistines they have been gathered there to battle, and the men of Israel go up |
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| 10 he hath arisen, and smiteth among the Philistines till that his hand hath been weary, and his hand cleaveth unto the sword, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation on that day, and the people turn back after him only to strip off. |
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| 11 And after him [is] Shammah son of Agee the Hararite, and the Philistines are gathered into a company, and there is there a portion of the field full of lentiles, and the people hath fled from the presence of the Philistines, |
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| 12 and he stationeth himself in the midst of the portion, and delivereth it, and smiteth the Philistines, and Jehovah worketh a great salvation. |
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| 13 And three of the thirty heads go down and come unto the harvest, unto David, unto the cave of Adullam, and the company of the Philistines are encamping in the valley of Rephaim, |
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| 14 and David [is] then in a fortress, and the station of the Philistines [is] then in Beth-Lehem, |
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| 15 and David longeth and saith, 'Who doth give me a drink of the water of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate ' |
Well of Bethlehem – Now (1892) on the principal street of Bethlehem. R1401:5
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| 16 And the three mighty ones cleave through the camp of the Philistines, and draw water out of the well of Beth-Lehem, which [is] by the gate, and take [it] up, and bring in unto David; and he was not willing to drink it, and poureth it out to Jehovah, |
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| 17 and saith, 'Far be it from me, O Jehovah, to do this; is it the blood of the men who are going with their lives ' and he was not willing to drink it; these [things] did the three mighty ones. |
Would not drink it – He considered it too costly to drink, so he made it an offering to God. R2015:6
Few indeed among the kings of the earth would consider any sacrifice of their fellow-men too costly to be bestowed on them. R2015:6
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| 18 And Abishai brother of Joab, son of Zeruiah, he [is] head of three, and he is lifting up his spear against three hundred wounded, and he hath a name among three. |
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| 19 Of the three is he not the honoured and he becometh their head; and unto the [first] three he hath not come. |
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| 20 And Benaiah son of Jehoiada (son of a man of valour, great in deeds from Kabzeel), he hath smitten two lion-like men of Moab, and he hath gone down and smitten the lion in the midst of the pit in a day of snow. |
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| 21 And he hath smitten the Egyptian man, a man of appearance, and in the hand of the Egyptian [is] a spear, and he goeth down unto him with a rod, and taketh violently away the spear out of the hand of the Egyptian, and slayeth him with his own spear. |
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| 22 These [things] hath Benaiah son of Jehoiada done, and hath a name among three mighty. |
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| 23 Of the thirty he is honoured, and unto the three he came not; and David setteth him over his guard. |
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| 24 Asahel brother of Joab [is] of the thirty; Elhanan son of Dodo of Beth-Lehem. |
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| 25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite, |
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| 26 Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, |
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| 27 Abiezer the Annethothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite, |
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| 28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite, |
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| 29 Heleb son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the sons of Benjamin, |
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| 30 Benaiah the Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash, |
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| 31 Abi-Albon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite, |
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| 32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, [of] the sons of Jashen, Jonathan, |
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| 33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, |
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| 34 Eliphelet son of Ahasbai, son of the Maachathite, Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, |
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| 35 Hezrai the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite, |
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| 36 Igal son of Nathan from Zobah, Bani the Gadite, |
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| 37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, bearer of the weapons of Joab son of Zeruiah, |
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| 38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite, |
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| 39 Uriah the Hittite; in all thirty and seven. |
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