Text: 1 Chronicles 18:14
OT Text Referred to: 2 Samuel 8:15
Subject: David's leading officers
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts share the identical summary statement: "David reigned over all Israel, administering justice and righteousness (מִשְׁפָּט וּצְדָקָה, mishpat utsdaqah) for all his people." This phrase echoes the ideal of kingship established in Deuteronomy and the royal psalms. The pairing of מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat, "justice") and צְדָקָה (tsedaqah, "righteousness") is a standard prophetic formula for just governance (cf. Isa 9:7; Jer 23:5). Both accounts place this assessment immediately after the military victories, establishing that David's kingdom was characterized not only by martial strength but by righteous administration — the very combination the prophets would later demand of Israel's kings.