Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
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Now may Yahweh show loving kindness and truth to you. I also will reward you for this kindness, because you have done this thing.
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And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
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And now the LORD show kindness and truth unto you; and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
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Passages linked to 2 Samuel 2:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Proverbs 14:22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil? But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.
- Exodus 34:6 Yahweh passed by before him, and proclaimed, “Yahweh! Yahweh, a merciful and gracious God, slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness and truth,
- Matthew 5:44 But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you,
- Matthew 5:7 Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.
- 2 Samuel 9:3 The king said, “Is there not yet any of Saul’s house, that I may show the kindness of God to him?” Ziba said to the king, “Jonathan still has a son, who is lame in his feet.”
- 2 Samuel 9:7 David said to him, “Don’t be afraid; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father’s sake, and will restore to you all the land of Saul your father. You will eat bread at my table continually.”
- 2 Samuel 10:2 David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent by his servants to comfort him concerning his father. David’s servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 Whereas you came but yesterday, should I today make you go up and down with us, since I go where I may? Return, and take back your brothers. Mercy and truth be with you.”
- Psalms 57:3 He will send from heaven, and save me, he rebukes the one who is pursuing me. God will send out his loving kindness and his truth.
- Matthew 10:16 “Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
- 2 Timothy 1:16-18 May the Lord grant mercy to the house of Onesiphorus, for he often refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain, but when he was in Rome, he sought me diligently and found me (the Lord grant to him to find the Lord’s mercy in that day); and in how many things he served at Ephesus, you know very well.
- Philemon 1:18-19 But if he has wronged you at all or owes you anything, put that to my account. I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it (not to mention to you that you owe to me even your own self besides).
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain According to his promise, which is to recompense them…
According to his promise, which is to recompense them that are merciful.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 2Sa 2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and…
2Sa 2:6 And now the LORD shew kindness and truth unto you: and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing.
Ver. 6. And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you.] God’s mercy and his truth go commonly coupled in holy Scripture. His mercy moveth him to promise, his truth to perform. "For thy word’s sake" - thy truth - "and according to thine own heart" - thy mere mercy - "hast thou done all these things." {2Sa 7:18-21}
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And I also will requite you this kindness.] He had punished the Amalekite: he promiseth to requite these Jabeshites. By rewards and punishments duly administered, the public weal is preserved, saith Plato. David could tell that "he that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God." {2Sa 23:3}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Kindness and truth, i. e. true and real kindness;…
Kindness and truth, i. e. true and real kindness; not in words only, but also in actions, as you have now done to your king, the Lord’s anointed.
I also will require you this kindness; so far am I from being offended with you for this kindness to my late enemy, that I will requite it.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto…
And now the Lord show kindness and truth unto you,.... Or true kindness; confer real favours, bestow upon you good and substantial blessings, blessings indeed!
and I also will requite you this kindness, because ye have done this thing. He not only prayed to God to bless them and reward them for it, but would remember them himself, and at a proper opportunity would show favour to them for this act of kindness to Saul. De Dieu proposes to consideration whether it may not be as well interpreted to this sense, "and I also do you this kindness" because of it; that is, have done you this honour by sending messengers to you, to thank you for it, and by wishing a blessing upon you on account of it, and by praising and commending you for it; but the former sense seems best.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Kindness and truth - That is, true and real…
Kindness and truth - That is, true and real kindness; not in words only, but also in actions, as you have done to your king. I will requite - So far am I from being offended with you for this kindness to my late enemy.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain And truth, or a real kindness. God will reward…
And truth, or a real kindness. God will reward you for the sincere piety which you have shewn towards the dead. (Calmet) --- Will. I do, by these messengers, thank you. (Louis de Dieu)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. Kindness and truth — Prominent marks of the…
6. Kindness and truth — Prominent marks of the divine government. Compare Exo_34:6. Kind to his people by being true to his promises.
I will also requite you this kindness — Rather, I also do you this kindness, namely, the attention and honour shown in the blessings I give you through these messengers. Some have thought that David here promises them future favours, but in that case the words this kindness would refer to their act towards Saul, and make the following because ye have done this thing, redundant.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you]…
6. the Lord shew kindness and truth unto you] Kindness and truth, i.e. mercy and faithfulness, are attributes of God’s character often coupled together. See Exo_34:6; Psa_25:10; Psa_40:11; Psa_57:3; Psa_86:15, &c.
I also will requite you this kindness] Render, I also will shew you this good, viz. the honourable embassy of thanks, and the friendly spirit which it attested.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) I also will requite you.—David’s message of kindness…
(6) I also will requite you.—David’s message of kindness and blessing is quite in accordance with his whole bearing towards Saul and his house, and. at the same time, was one of wise policy. The literal rendering is, I also show you this good, the Hebrew not conveying directly the idea of future recompense, as in the English. The thought is that David, as now the rightful king of Israel, appreciates the act, and wishes to show publicly his favour to the men of Jabesh-gilead. He then, in the following verse, suggests the propriety of their now recognising him as the successor of their lost monarch and friend.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
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David speaks to the people of Jabesh Gilead.
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this thing
They buried Saul.
let your hands be strong
Here "hands" refers to the people of Jabesh Gilead. AT: "be strong" (See: Synecdoche)
anointed me king
In this symbolic act, they poured oil on David's head to show that he was selected to be the king. (See: Symbolic Action)
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faithful
hand
die
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