But David
David (daw-veed')
loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse -- David.
took
nasa' (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
not the number
micpar (mis-pawr')
a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
of them from twenty
`esriym (es-reem')
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth -- (six-)score, twenty(-ieth).
years
shaneh (shaw-neh')
a year (as a revolution of time) -- + whole age, long, + old, year(-ly).
old
ben (bane)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc.
and under
mattah (mat'-taw)
downward, below or beneath; often adverbially with or without prefixes -- beneath, down(-ward), less, very low, under(-neath).
because the LORD
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw')
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God -- Jehovah, the Lord.
had said
'amar (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
he would increase
rabah (raw-baw')
to increase (in whatever respect)
Israel
Yisra'el (yis-raw-ale')
he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
like to the stars
kowkab (ko-kawb')
a star (as round or as shining); figuratively, a prince -- star(-gazer).
of the heavens
shamayim (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
