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1 Estas son las últimas palabras de David: «David el hijo de Isaí, el hombre a quien Dios puso en alto; David, el ungido del Dios de Jacob; David, el dulce cantor de Israel, declara:
1 ESTAS son las postreras palabras de David. Dijo David hijo de Isaí, dijo aquel varón que fué levantado alto, el ungido del Dios de Jacob, el suave en cánticos de Israel:
1 Now these are the last words of David. David the son of Jesse says, the man who was raised on high says, the anointed of the God of Jacob, the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 “El Espíritu del Señor habló por mí y su palabra estuvo en mi lengua”.
2 El espíritu de Jehová ha hablado por mí, y su palabra ha sido en mi lengua.
2 “Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.
3 La Roca de Israel me dijo: “El que reine con justicia, el que gobierne en el temor de Dios,
3 El Dios de Israel ha dicho, hablóme el Fuerte de Israel: El señoreador de los hombres será justo, señoreador en temor de Dios.
3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spoke to me, ‘One who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
4 será como la luz de la mañana cuando sale el sol en una mañana sin nubes, que resplandece después de la lluvia, y hace que la hierba brote en la tierra”.
4 [Será] como la luz de la mañana cuando sale el sol, de la mañana sin nubes; [cuando] la hierba de la tierra [brota] por medio del resplandor después de la lluvia.
4 shall be as the light of the morning when the sun rises, a morning without clouds, when the tender grass springs out of the earth, through clear shining after rain.’
5 »¡Dios ha escogido a mi familia! Sí, Dios ha hecho un pacto eterno conmigo, su acuerdo es eterno, claro y seguro. Él velará constantemente por mi seguridad y mi triunfo.
5 No así mi casa para con Dios: sin embargo él ha hecho conmigo pacto perpetuo, ordenado en todas las cosas, y será guardado; bien que toda [esta] mi salud, y todo [mi] deseo no [lo] haga él florecer todavía.
5 Isn’t my house so with God? Yet he has made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure, for it is all my salvation and all my desire. Won’t he make it grow?
6 Pero los impíos son como espinos que se desechan, porque hieren la mano que las toca.
6 Mas los de Belial serán todos ellos como espinas arrancadas, las cuales nadie toma con la mano;
6 But all the ungodly will be as thorns to be thrust away, because they can’t be taken with the hand.
7 Para recogerlos hay que protegerse las manos, y una vez amontonados se echan al fuego y se queman».
7 Sino que el que quiere tocar en ellas, ármase de hierro y de asta de lanza, y son quemadas en su lugar.
7 The man who touches them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear. They will be utterly burned with fire in their place.”
8 Estos son los nombres de los tres guerreros más valientes que tenía David: El primero de los tres era Joseb Basébet el tacmonita, conocido también como Adino el eznita, que una vez mató a ochocientos hombres en una sola batalla.
8 Estos son los nombres de los valientes que tuvo David: El Tachmonita, que se sentaba en cátedra, principal de los capitanes: era éste Adino el Eznita, que mató en una ocasión sobre ochocientos hombres.
8 These are the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb Basshebeth, a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; he was called Adino the Eznite, who killed eight hundred at one time.
9 El segundo era Eleazar hijo de Dodó el ajojita. Era uno de los tres hombres que, con David, contuvieron a los filisteos cuando el resto de Israel huyó.
9 Después de éste, Eleazar, hijo de Dodo de Ahohi, fué de los tres valientes que estaban con David, cuando desafiaron á los Filisteos que se habían juntado allí á la batalla, y subieron los de Israel.
9 After him was Eleazar the son of Dodai the son of an Ahohite, one of the three mighty men with David when they defied the Philistines who were there gathered together to battle, and the men of Israel had gone away.
10 Ese día mató a tantos filisteos que la mano se le encalambró y se le quedó aferrada a la espada. El Señor le dio en esa ocasión una gran victoria a Israel. El resto solo regresó para recoger el botín.
10 Este, levantándose, hirió á los Filisteos hasta que su mano se cansó, y quedósele contraída á la espada. Aquel día Jehová hizo gran salud: y volvióse el pueblo en pos de él solamente á tomar el despojo.
10 He arose and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take plunder.
11 El tercero era Sama hijo de Agué el ararita. Un día en Lehí, durante un ataque filisteo, y mientras sus compañeros lo abandonaban y huían, él se paró solo en el centro de un campo de lentejas y derrotó a los filisteos. Así el Señor les dio una gran victoria.
11 Después de éste fué Samma, hijo de Age Araita: que habiéndose juntado los Filisteos en una aldea, había allí una suerte de tierra llena de lentejas, y el pueblo había huído delante de los Filisteos:
11 After him was Shammah the son of Agee, a Hararite. The Philistines had gathered together into a troop where there was a plot of ground full of lentils; and the people fled from the Philistines.
12 Not in this translation
12 El entonces se paró en medio de la suerte de tierra, y defendióla, é hirió á los Filisteos; y Jehová hizo una gran salud.
12 But he stood in the middle of the plot and defended it, and killed the Philistines; and Yahweh worked a great victory.
13 Una vez, cuando David estaba en la cueva de Adulán, tres de los treinta más valientes fueron a encontrarse con él. Era el comienzo de la cosecha, y los invasores filisteos estaban en el valle de Refayin.
13 Y tres de los treinta principales descendieron y vinieron en tiempo de la siega á David á la cueva de Adullam: y el campo de los Filisteos estaba en el valle de Raphaim.
13 Three of the thirty chief men went down, and came to David in the harvest time to the cave of Adullam; and the troop of the Philistines was encamped in the valley of Rephaim.
14 David, que estaba en su refugio en aquel tiempo porque algunos filisteos habían ocupado la cercana ciudad de Belén,
14 David entonces estaba en la fortaleza, y la guarnición de los Filisteos estaba en Beth-lehem.
14 David was then in the stronghold; and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem.
15 dijo: «¡Quién pudiera beber agua del pozo que está junto a la puerta de la ciudad!». (El pozo estaba cerca de la puerta de Belén).
15 Y David tuvo deseo, y dijo: ¡Quién me diera á beber del agua de la cisterna de Beth-lehem, que está á la puerta!
15 David said longingly, “Oh that someone would give me water to drink from the well of Bethlehem, which is by the gate!”
16 Entonces los tres hombres cruzaron las filas filisteas, sacaron agua del pozo y se la llevaron a David. Pero él se negó a beberla y la derramó delante del Señor, y dijo:
16 Entonces los tres valientes rompieron por el campo de los Filisteos, y sacaron agua de la cisterna de Beth-lehem, que estaba á la puerta; y tomaron, y trajéronla á David: mas él no la quiso beber, sino derramóla á Jehová, diciendo:
16 The three mighty men broke through the army of the Philistines, and drew water out of the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate and took it and brought it to David; but he would not drink of it, but poured it out to Yahweh.
17 «¡No puedo beber esta agua, pues sería como beber la sangre de estos hombres que arriesgaron su vida para satisfacer mi deseo! ¡Que el Señor me guarde de hacer semejante cosa!».
17 Lejos sea de mí, oh Jehová, que yo haga esto. ¿[He de beber yo] la sangre de los varones que fueron con peligro de su vida? Y no quiso beberla. Los tres valientes hicieron esto.
17 He said, “Be it far from me, Yahweh, that I should do this! Isn’t this the blood of the men who risked their lives to go?” Therefore he would not drink it. The three mighty men did these things.
18 De los treinta, Abisay, el hermano de Joab hijo de Sarvia, era el más valiente. Una vez con su lanza se enfrentó a trescientos enemigos y los mató. Por hazañas como esta adquirió reputación de ser tan valiente que llegó a ser el jefe de los tres más valientes, aunque nunca fue contado entre ellos.
18 Y Abisai hermano de Joab, hijo de Sarvia, fué el principal de los tres; el cual alzó su lanza contra trescientos, que mató; y tuvo nombre entre los tres.
18 Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the three. He lifted up his spear against three hundred and killed them, and had a name among the three.
19 Not in this translation
19 El era el más aventajado de los tres, y el primero de ellos; mas no llegó á los tres [primeros].
19 Wasn’t he most honorable of the three? Therefore he was made their captain. However he wasn’t included as one of the three.
20 También estaba Benaías hijo de Joyadá, soldado heroico de Cabsel. Benaías mató a dos gigantes, hijos de Ariel de Moab. En otra oportunidad descendió a un foso y, a pesar de que había nieve, luchó con un león que estaba allí y lo mató.
20 Después, Benaía hijo de Joiada, hijo de un varón esforzado, grande en hechos, de Cabseel. Este hirió dos leones de Moab: y él mismo descendió, é hirió un león en medio de un foso en el tiempo de la nieve:
20 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada, the son of a valiant man of Kabzeel, who had done mighty deeds, killed the two sons of Ariel of Moab. He also went down and killed a lion in the middle of a pit in a time of snow.
21 En otra oportunidad, armado solamente con una vara, mató a un guerrero egipcio que estaba armado con una lanza. Lo atacó con la vara, le arrancó la lanza y lo mató con ella.
21 También hirió él á un Egipcio, hombre [de grande] estatura: y tenía el Egipcio una lanza en su mano; mas descendió á él con un palo, y arrebató al Egipcio la lanza de la mano, y matólo con su propia lanza.
21 He killed a huge Egyptian, and the Egyptian had a spear in his hand; but he went down to him with a staff and plucked the spear out of the Egyptian’s hand, and killed him with his own spear.
22 Estas fueron algunas de las hazañas que dieron a Benaías una fama casi tan grande como la de los tres más valientes.
22 Esto hizo Benaía hijo de Joiada, y tuvo nombre entre los tres valientes.
22 Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did these things, and had a name among the three mighty men.
23 Él era uno de los treinta, y aunque llegó a tener fama de ser tan valiente como los tres más valientes, nunca fue contado entre ellos. David lo hizo jefe de su guardia personal.
23 De los treinta fué el más aventajado; pero no llegó á los tres [primeros]. Y púsolo David en su consejo.
23 He was more honorable than the thirty, but he didn’t attain to the three. David set him over his guard.
24 Los treinta valientes eran: Asael, hermano de Joab; Eljanán hijo de Dodó, de Belén; Sama el jarodita; Elicá el jarodita; Heles el paltita; Ira hijo de Iqués, el tecoíta; Abiezer el anatotita; Mebunay el jusatita; Zalmón el ajojita; Maray el netofatita; Jéled hijo de Baná el netofatita; Itay hijo de Ribay, el de Guibeá de la tribu de Benjamín; Benaías el piratonita; Hiday, del arroyo de Gaas; Abí Albón el arbatita; Azmávet el bajurinita; Elijaba el salbonita; Jonatán, de los hijos de Jasén; Sama el ararita; Ahían hijo de Sarar el ararita; Elifelet hijo de Ajasbay el macateo; Elián hijo de Ajitofel el guilonita; Jezró el de Carmel; Paray el arbita; Igal hijo de Natán, el de Sobá; Baní el gadita; Sélec el amonita; Najaray el berotita, escudero de Joab, hijo de Sarvia; Ira el itrita; Gareb el itrita, y Urías el hitita. En total eran treinta y siete.
24 Asael hermano de Joab fué de los treinta; Elhaanan hijo de Dodo de Beth-lehem;
24 Asahel the brother of Joab was one of the thirty: Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem,
25 Not in this translation
25 Samma de Harodi, Elica de Harodi;
25 Shammah the Harodite, Elika the Harodite,
26 Not in this translation
26 Heles de Palti, Hira, hijo de Jecces, de Tecoa;
26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
27 Not in this translation
27 Abiezer de Anathoth, Mebunnai de Husa;
27 Abiezer the Anathothite, Mebunnai the Hushathite,
28 Not in this translation
28 Selmo de Hahoh, Maharai de Netophath;
28 Zalmon the Ahohite, Maharai the Netophathite,
29 Not in this translation
29 Helec hijo de Baana de Netophath, Ittai hijo de Ribai de Gabaa de los hijos de Benjamín;
29 Heleb the son of Baanah the Netophathite, Ittai the son of Ribai of Gibeah of the children of Benjamin,
30 Not in this translation
30 Benaía Pirathonita, Hiddai del arroyo de Gaas;
30 Benaiah a Pirathonite, Hiddai of the brooks of Gaash.
31 Not in this translation
31 Abi-albon de Arbath, Asmaveth de Barhum;
31 Abialbon the Arbathite, Azmaveth the Barhumite,
32 Not in this translation
32 Elihaba de Saalbón, Jonathán de los hijos de Jassén;
32 Eliahba the Shaalbonite, the sons of Jashen, Jonathan,
33 Not in this translation
33 Samma de Arar, Ahiam hijo de Sarar de Arar.
33 Shammah the Hararite, Ahiam the son of Sharar the Ararite,
34 Not in this translation
34 Elipheleth hijo de Asbai hijo de Maachâti; Eliam hijo de Achîtophel de Gelón;
34 Eliphelet the son of Ahasbai, the son of the Maacathite, Eliam the son of Ahithophel the Gilonite,
35 Not in this translation
35 Hesrai del Carmelo, Pharai de Arbi;
35 Hezro the Carmelite, Paarai the Arbite,
36 Not in this translation
36 Igheal hijo de Nathán de Soba, Bani de Gadi;
36 Igal the son of Nathan of Zobah, Bani the Gadite,
37 Not in this translation
37 Selec de Ammón, Naharai de Beeroth, escudero de Joab hijo de Sarvia;
37 Zelek the Ammonite, Naharai the Beerothite, armor bearers to Joab the son of Zeruiah,
38 Not in this translation
38 Ira de Ithri, Gareb de Ithri;
38 Ira the Ithrite, Gareb the Ithrite,
39 Not in this translation
39 Uría Hetheo. Entre todos treinta y siete.
39 and Uriah the Hittite: thirty-seven in all.

People & places in this chapter

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People

  • Abi-albon

    One of the Thirty

    Abi-albon the Arbathite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:32

  • Abiezer

    One of the Thirty

    Abiezer the Anathothite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:12

  • Agee

    Father of Shammah the Hararite

    Called a Hararite and named as the father of Shammah, one of the Three mighty men.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:11

  • Ahasbai

    Father of Eliphelet the Maacathite

    Called a Maacathite and named as the father of Eliphelet, a member of the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:34

  • Ahiam

    One of the Thirty

    Ahiam son of Sharar the Hararite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:33; 1 Chronicles 11:35

  • Azmaveth

    One of the Thirty

    Azmaveth the Barhumite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:31; 1 Chronicles 11:33

  • Baanah

    Father of Heled the Netophathite

    Named as the father of Heled, one of David's mighty men.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30

  • Bani

    One of the Thirty

    Bani the Gadite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:36

  • Benaiah

    Commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites

    Son of Jehoiada from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits who killed two Moabite champions, a lion in a pit and a huge Egyptian, and whom David set over his guard and the Cherethites…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 23:20

  • Benaiah

    One of the Thirty

    Benaiah the Pirathonite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:31; 1 Chronicles 27:14

  • David

    King of Israel

    The shepherd who became Israel's greatest king and a man after God's own heart.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Sam. 16 - 1 Kings 2; 2 Sam. 7; 1 Chron. 2:15; Matt. 1:6

  • Dodo

    Father of Eleazar the mighty man

    Ahohite named as the father of Eleazar, one of the Three; a Dodai the Ahohite commanded David's second-month division (probably the same man).

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:9; 1 Chronicles 11:12; 1 Chronicles 27:4

  • Dodo

    Father of Elhanan

    Named as the father of Elhanan of Bethlehem, one of David's mighty men.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26

  • Eleazar

    One of the Three

    Son of Dodo the Ahohite and one of the Three, who stood his ground with David against the Philistines at Pas-dammim until his hand stuck to his sword.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:9; 2 Samuel 23:10; 1 Chronicles 11:12

  • Elhanan

    One of the Thirty

    Son of Dodo of Bethlehem, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:24; 1 Chronicles 11:26

  • Eliahba

    One of the Thirty

    Eliahba the Shaalbonite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:33

  • Eliam

    One of the Thirty

    Eliam son of Ahithophel the Gilonite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:34

  • Elika

    One of the Thirty

    Elika the Harodite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:25

  • Eliphelet

    One of the Thirty

    Eliphelet son of Ahasbai the Maacathite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:34

  • Gareb

    One of the Thirty

    Gareb the Ithrite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40

  • Heled

    One of the Thirty

    Heled son of Baanah the Netophathite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 1 Chronicles 27:15

  • Helez

    One of the Thirty

    Helez the Paltite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:27; 1 Chronicles 27:10

  • Hezro

    One of the Thirty

    Hezro the Carmelite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:35; 1 Chronicles 11:37

  • Hiddai

    One of the Thirty

    Hiddai from the brooks of Gaash, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:30; 1 Chronicles 11:32

  • Igal

    One of the Thirty

    Igal son of Nathan of Zobah, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:36

  • Ikkesh

    Father of Ira the Tekoite

    Named as the father of Ira, one of David's mighty men.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9

  • Ira

    One of the Thirty

    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:26; 1 Chronicles 11:28; 1 Chronicles 27:9

  • Ira

    One of the Thirty

    Ira the Ithrite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:38; 1 Chronicles 11:40

  • Ittai

    One of the Thirty

    Ittai son of Ribai from Gibeah of the Benjamites, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31

  • Jashen

    Father of mighty men

    Named in the list of the Thirty as the father of a group of mighty men (the sons of Jashen).

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:32; 1 Chronicles 11:34

  • Jashobeam

    Chief of David's mighty men

    Chief of the officers of David's mighty men, who wielded his spear against three hundred men at one time. 2 Samuel 23:8 calls him Josheb-basshebeth the Tahchemonite and puts the…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:8; 1 Chronicles 11:11

  • Jehoiada

    Father of Benaiah

    Named as the father of Benaiah, the commander of the Cherethites and Pelethites.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 8:18; 2 Samuel 23:20; 1 Kings 1:8

  • Jonathan

    One of the Thirty

    Jonathan son of Shammah the Hararite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:32

  • Maharai

    One of the Thirty

    Maharai the Netophathite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:30; 1 Chronicles 27:13

  • Naharai

    Joab's armor-bearer

    Naharai the Beerothite, the armor-bearer of Joab son of Zeruiah, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39

  • Nathan

    Father of Igal of Zobah

    Named as the father of Igal, a member of the Thirty, with Zobah named beside his name.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:36

  • Paarai

    One of the Thirty

    Paarai the Arbite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:35; 1 Chronicles 11:37

  • Ribai

    Father of Ithai

    Named as the father of Ithai of Gibeah of the Benjamites.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:29; 1 Chronicles 11:31

  • Shammah

    One of the Three

    Son of Agee the Hararite and one of the Three, who took his stand in a field of lentils, defended it and struck down the Philistines, and may be the Shammah the Hararite named…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:11; 2 Samuel 23:12; 2 Samuel 23:33

  • Shammah

    One of the Thirty

    Shammah the Harodite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:25; 1 Chronicles 11:27

  • Sharar

    Father of Ahiam the Hararite

    Called a Hararite and named as the father of Ahiam, a member of the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:33; 1 Chronicles 11:35

  • Sibbecai

    Killed the giant Saph

    Sibbecai the Hushathite, who killed Saph, one of the descendants of Rapha, in a battle with the Philistines at Gob. 1 Chronicles 11:29 lists Sibbecai where 2 Samuel 23:27 reads…

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 21:18; 2 Samuel 23:27; 1 Chronicles 11:29

  • Zalmon

    One of the Thirty

    Zalmon the Ahohite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:28; 1 Chronicles 11:29

  • Zelek

    One of the Thirty

    Zelek the Ammonite, listed among the Thirty.

    Cited in the guide: 2 Samuel 23:37; 1 Chronicles 11:39

Cross references (21)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 1 Samuel 16:12–13; Psalm 89:20; 2 Samuel 7:8–9; Psalm 78:70–71; Colossians 3:16
  2. 2 2 Peter 1:21; Matthew 22:43; Mark 12:36; Acts 2:25–31; Hebrews 3:7–8
  3. 3 Deuteronomy 32:4; Exodus 18:21; 2 Samuel 22:32; Psalm 72:2; Hebrews 1:8
  4. 4 Judges 5:31; Psalm 72:6; Psalm 89:36; Hosea 6:5; Malachi 4:2
  5. 5 Isaiah 55:3; Isaiah 9:6–7; 2 Samuel 7:14–16; Jeremiah 32:40; Psalm 89:28–29
  6. 6 Deuteronomy 13:13; Isaiah 33:12; Ezekiel 2:6; 2 Samuel 20:1; Genesis 3:18
  7. 7 Hebrews 6:8; 2 Thessalonians 2:8; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; 2 Samuel 22:8–10; Luke 19:27
  8. 8 1 Chronicles 11:11–47; 1 Chronicles 27:2; 1 Chronicles 27:32
  9. 9 1 Chronicles 27:4; 1 Chronicles 11:12–14; 1 Samuel 17:26; Numbers 23:7–8; 1 Samuel 17:10
  10. 10 1 Samuel 19:5; 1 Samuel 11:13; Isaiah 53:12; Joshua 10:42; Joshua 11:8
  11. 11 1 Chronicles 11:27; 1 Chronicles 11:13–14; 2 Samuel 23:33
  12. 13 2 Samuel 5:18; 1 Samuel 22:1; 1 Chronicles 14:9; Joshua 12:15; Joshua 15:35
  13. 14 1 Samuel 22:4–5; 1 Samuel 13:4; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Chronicles 12:16; 1 Samuel 22:1
  14. 15 John 4:14; Psalm 42:1–2; Isaiah 44:3; John 4:10; Isaiah 41:17
  15. 16 Genesis 35:14; 2 Corinthians 5:14; 1 Samuel 7:6; Philippians 2:17; Numbers 28:7
  16. 17 Leviticus 17:10; Mark 14:24; 1 Samuel 2:30; Judges 5:18; 1 Kings 21:3
  17. 18 2 Samuel 10:10; 2 Samuel 10:14; 1 Chronicles 11:20–21; 2 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 20:10
  18. 20 Joshua 15:21; 2 Samuel 20:23; 2 Samuel 8:18; 1 Chronicles 11:22–24; 1 Samuel 17:34–37
  19. 21 Colossians 2:15; 1 Chronicles 11:23; 1 Samuel 17:51
  20. 23 1 Chronicles 27:6; 2 Samuel 20:23; 1 Samuel 22:14; 2 Samuel 8:8
  21. 24 2 Samuel 2:18; 1 Chronicles 27:7; 1 Chronicles 11:26

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What the Fathers said

Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).

How these were chosen

“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).

  1. Quotes verse 23:15–17 Augustine of Hippo, Confessions (Book X, Chapters XXIX–XXXI)

    I know, too, that Esau was deceived by a longing for lentiles, and that David took blame to himself for desiring water, and that our King was tempted not by flesh but bread.

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 1 (1886)

  2. Quotes verse 23:2 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XVI)

    … for Samuel and David, we have it plainly in the Books of the Kingdoms, how by the Holy Ghost they prophesied themselves, and were rulers of the prophets;--and Samuel was called the Seer; and David says distinctly, The Spirit of the Lord spake by me, and in the Psalms, And take not thy Holy Spirit from me, and again, …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)

  3. Quotes verse 23:1 Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm LV)

    David indeed was, as we know, a holy prophet, king of Israel, son of Jesse: but because out of his seed there came for our salvation after the flesh the Lord Jesus Christ, often under that name He is figured, and David instead of Christ is in a figure set down, because of the origin of the Flesh of the …

    Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)