2 Samuel 23:1
These are the last words of David:
What it says
The chapter introduces these lines as David’s last words, setting them apart as his final testimony.
What it is doing
It opens the poem with a formal frame.
In context
1These are the last words of David: 2The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; 3The God of Israel spoke; 4is like the light of the morning 5Is not my house right with God? 6But the worthless are all like thorns raked aside, 7The man who touches them must be armed with iron