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2 Samuel 23:3

2 Samuel 23:3

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God: Genesis 33:20; Exodus 3:15, Exodus 19:5-6, Exodus 20:2

the Rock: 2 Samuel 22:2, 2 Samuel 22:32; Deuteronomy 32:4, Deuteronomy 32:30-31; Psalms 42:9

He that ruleth: or, Be thou ruler, etc. Psalms 110:2

must be just: Exodus 23:6-8; Deuteronomy 16:18-20; Psalms 82:3-4; Proverbs 31:9; Isaiah 11:4-5, Isaiah 32:1; Jeremiah 23:5; Zechariah 9:9; Hebrews 1:8

ruling: Exodus 18:21; 2 Chronicles 19:7-9; Nehemiah 5:14

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