2 Kings 5:12
And David knew that the Lord had confirmed him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom over his people Israel.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Et cognovit David quoniam confirmasset eum Dominus regem super Israël, et quoniam exaltasset regnum ejus super populum suum Israël.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- καὶ ἔγνω Δαυεὶδ ὅτι ἡτοίμασεν αὐτὸν Κύριος εἰς βασιλέα ἐπὶ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ὅτι ἐπήρθη ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ διὰ τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ Ἰσραήλ.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- וַיֵּ֣דַע דָּוִ֔ד כִּֽי הֱכִינ֧וֹ יְהוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְכִי֙ נִשֵּׂ֣א מַמְלַכְתּ֔וֹ בַּעֲב֖וּר עַמּ֥וֹ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
Haydock's commentary
Over. Hebrew, "for." The king is bound to promote the welfare of his people. (Calmet)
But the same word means "over," as the Protestants allow. (Haydock)
Success constantly attending David, was an earnest that the Lord had not rejected him. (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.