Also I will make him my first-born - He will be regarded and treated by me as the first-born son is in a family; that is, with dist…

Firstborn. —Jesse’s youngest son became the firstborn, the favourite son of God. Here, of course, the epithet is extended to all t…

He will cry to me, 'You are my Father, my God, and the Rock of my salvation.' Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the e…

Also I will make him my firstborn
Or, "make him the firstborn"; make him great, as Jarchi interprets it; give him th…

The Lord anointed David with the holy oil, not only as an emblem of the graces and gifts he received, but as a type of Christ, the King, Priest, an…