2 Samuel

²The spirit of the Lord spake by me, and his word was upon my tongue. ³The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, that ruleth in the fear of God, ⁴He shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, a morning without clouds; when the tender grass springeth out of the earth, through clear shining after rain. ⁵Verily my house is not so with God; yet he hath made with me an everlasting covenant, ordered in all things, and sure: for it is all my salvation, and all my desire, although he maketh it not to grow. ⁶But the ungodly shall be all of them as thorns to be thrust away, for they cannot be taken with the hand: ⁷But the man that toucheth them must be armed with iron and the staff of a spear; and they shall be utterly burned with fire in their place. ⁸These be the names of the mighty men whom David had: Josheb-basshebeth a Tahchemonite, chief of the captains; the same was Adino the Eznite, against eight hundred slain at one time.