2 Samuel 22:10

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

King James Version

In Context

9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.

11And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:21And the people stood afar off, and Moses drew near unto the thick darkness where God was.

1 Kings 8:12Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.

Psalms 104:3Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Isaiah 63:19We are thine: thou never barest rule over them; they were not called by thy name.

Nahum 1:3The LORD is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the LORD hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.

Luke 23:44And it was about the sixth hour, and there was a darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour.

Matthew Henry on 2 Samuel 22:3-51

David's Song of Praise. ( b. c. 1020.) 1 And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul: Observe here, I. That it has often been the lot of God's people to have many enemies, and to be in imminent danger of falling into their hands. David was a man after God's heart, but not after men's heart: many were those that hated him, and sought his ruin; Saul is particularly named, either, 1. As distinguished… Read the whole commentary →

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