Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Kings 2:2

2 [illegible: 1+ letters] go the way of all the earth : be thou strong therefore, and shew thy self a man .

i. e. Of all men upon the Earth. Compare Ios. 23. 14. Heb. 9. 27.

For to govern his People according to the Law of God, as it here follows, requires great fortitude or strength of mind, to Arm himself against the subtil devices and evasions of some; against the flatteries and importunities of others; against terrors and dangers from revengeful men, and especially against himself and his own weakness, or partiality, through fear or favour; and against all those evil thoughts and passions to which the temptations of their great wealth, and glory, and uncontrollable power naturally expose them. See Prov. 16. 32.

In manly wisdom, and courage, and constancy, though thou art but young in years, 1 Chron. 22. 5.