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2 Samuel 23:2
2 Samuel 23:2 is verse 2 of 2 Samuel chapter 23, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
King James Version
The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.
World English Bible
“Yahweh’s Spirit spoke by me. His word was on my tongue.
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2 Samuel 23:1–4 · Berean Standard Bible
1 These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
2 The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue.
3 The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,
4 is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Matthew 22:43Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
Mark 12:36Speaking by the Holy Spirit, David himself declared: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand until I put Your enemies under Your feet.”’
Acts 2:25David says about Him: ‘I saw the Lord always before me; because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
Acts 2:26Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell in hope,
Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Acts 2:28You have made known to me the paths of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence.’
Acts 2:29Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
Acts 2:30But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
Acts 2:31Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
Hebrews 3:8do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
2 Peter 1:21For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.