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2 Samuel 8:15 KJV
2 Samuel · chapter 8 · verse 15
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.2 Samuel 8:15 · King James Version
2 Samuel 8:15 in context
13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
14And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.
15And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
16And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder;
17And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the 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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David was not so engaged in his wars abroad as to neglect the administration of the government at home. I. His care extended itself to all the parts of his dominion: He reigned over all Israel (Sa2 8:15); not only he had a right to reign over all the tribes, but he did so;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 15-18