2 Samuel 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Now then do it: for the LORD hath spoken of David, saying, By the hand of my servant David I will save my people Israel out of the hand of the Philistines, and out of the hand of all their enemies.

For the lord

John 12:42

By the hand

Psalm 89:3

Psalm 132:17

Bible References

For the lord

May God do so to Abner, and more also, if I do not do for David just as the Lord has sworn to him,

But now your kingdom shall not endure. The Lord has sought out for Himself a man (David) after His own heart, and the Lord has appointed him as leader and ruler over His people, because you have not kept (obeyed) what the Lord commanded you.”

So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.

The Lord said to Samuel, “How long will you grieve for Saul, when I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have chosen a king for Myself among his sons.”

Nevertheless, even many of the leading men believed in Him [as Savior and Messiah], but because of the Pharisees they would not confess it, for fear that [if they acknowledged Him openly] they would be put out of the synagogue (excommunicated);

By the hand

[God has said] “I have made a covenant with My chosen one;
I have sworn to David My servant,

“There I will make the horn (strength) of David grow;
I have prepared a lamp for My anointed [fulfilling the promises].