2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Cross-reference
Psalm 72:6 compares the king's reign to rain on mown grass and showers, directly paralleling the rain-and-grass imagery for a righteous ruler.
Psalm 89:36 promises David's throne will endure like the sun—same sun metaphor for a king's enduring reign.
Psalm 110:3 uses 'womb of the morning' imagery for the Messianic king's reign — echoing the dawn metaphor for a righteous ruler here.
Hosea 6:3 also uses dawn and rain imagery for God's coming, mirroring the righteous ruler described as morning light and rain-nourished grass.
Micah 5:7 describes the remnant as dew and showers on grass, using the same rain-on-grass imagery as the righteous ruler simile.
Malachi 4:2 prophesies the 'sun of righteousness' rising with healing — directly echoing the righteous ruler's dawn imagery as Messianic.
Luke 1:78 declares the 'sunrise from on high' visiting God's people — linking to the dawn of a righteous ruler as fulfillment in Christ.
Luke 1:79 continues the sunrise metaphor, describing its purpose: giving light to those in darkness — applying the dawn's life-giving power to salvation.
Isaiah 60:18-20 depicts a day without sun because God is everlasting light — a fuller eschatological dawn compared to the temporal dawn here.
Deuteronomy 32:2 uses rain watering tender grass and herbs, similar to the grass springing from rain in the righteous ruler metaphor.
Proverbs 4:18 compares the righteous path to increasing dawn light — a parallel image to the righteous ruler's dawn-like reign.
Proverbs 19:12 compares the king's favor to dew on grass, echoing the agricultural imagery of a righteous ruler's blessing in this verse.
Isaiah 60:3 says nations come to Jerusalem's light — echoing the dawn that attracts, similar to the ruler's life-giving dawn.
Hosea 6:5 describes God's judgment going forth as light — a contrasting image to the gentle, life-giving dawn of a righteous ruler.
Hosea 14:5 depicts God as dew causing Israel to grow like a lily — a strong parallel to the rain and grass imagery for a righteous ruler's blessing.