King James Version
2 Samuel 8:15 in the King James Version says “And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.”
2 Samuel 8:15 · KJV
And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men. smiting: Heb. his smiting
And 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.
And David reigned over all Israel; and David executed judgment and justice unto all his people.
And Joab the son of Zeruiah was over the host; and Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was recorder; recorder: or, remembrancer, or, writer of chronicles
And Zadok the son of Ahitub, and Ahimelech the son of Abiathar, were the priests; and Seraiah was the scribe; scribe: or, secretary
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above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“over all Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“judgment”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“and justice”
H6666rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“unto all his people”
H5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
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