2nd Samuel Chapter 5 verse 12 Holy Bible
And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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And David saw that the Lord had made his position safe as king over Israel, and that he had made his kingdom great because of his people Israel.
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And David perceived that Jehovah had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom because of his people Israel.
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And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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And David perceived that the LORD had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel's sake.
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and David knoweth that Jehovah hath established him for king over Israel, and that He hath lifted up his kingdom, because of His people Israel.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - And David perceived. We may well believe that David had many seasons of despondency and misgiving after he became king. His subjects were brave and energetic, but turbulent, unwilling to obey, and but half-civilized. His election had put an end to civil war at home, but only to arouse the hatred of the enemies who had long oppressed them. The tragical fate, too, of Saul, who, after so many heroic struggles, had seen the earlier glories of his reign fade away, and had sought deliverance from his misery by suicide; all this must have often depressed his spirits. But gradually his fears passed away; and when he had twice defeated the Philistines, and been able to establish his rule, and with it some degree of orderly government throughout the twelve tribes, David saw in all this, and in the embassies from foreign nations, the proof, not of his own ability, but of Jehovah's purpose to exalt his kingdom for his people Israel's sake. In this David was still a man after God's own heart, in that he felt himself to be only an instrument for the doing, not his own will, but the purpose of his Divine Master.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) For his people Israel's sake.--David's prosperity had not blinded him to the fact that his blessings came to him as the head of the theocracy, and for the sake of God's chosen people.
