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1 Chronicles 18:14 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 18 · verse 14
So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.1 Chronicles 18:14 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 18:14 in context
12Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah slew of the Edomites in the valley of salt eighteen thousand.
13And he put garrisons in Edom; and all the Edomites became David’s servants. Thus the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
14So David reigned over all Israel, and executed judgment and justice among all his people.
15And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, recorder.
16And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Abimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Shavsha was scribe;
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- executedʻâsâhto do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationH6213 →
- judgmentmishpâṭproperly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine…H4941 →
- reignedmâlakto reignH4427 →
- justicetsᵉdâqâhrightness , subjectively , objectively , morally or figurativelyH6666 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
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Here let us learn, 1. That it is our interest to make those our friends who have the presence of God with them. The king of Hamath, hearing of David's great success, sent to congratulate him and to court his favour with a noble present, Ch1 18:9, Ch1 18:10. It is in vain to contend with the Son of David.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17