2 Samuel 2:7
“Therefore now let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant : for your master Saul is dead, and also the house of Judah have anointed me king over them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Now therefore let your hands be strengthened, and be ye valiant,.... And not be afraid of the Philistines, who might…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
Now let your hands be strengthened - David certainly wished to attach the men of Jabesh to his interest; he saw that…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–17142 Samuel 2:1-7
When Saul and Jonathan were dead, though David knew himself anointed to be king, and now saw his way very clear, yet he…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
be ye valiant The following clause, which might be rendered "for thoughyour master Saul is dead, yetthe house of Judah,…
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