2 Samuel 22:8
Then the earth was moved with a violent shock; the bases of heaven were moved and shaking, because he was angry.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
In Context
Cross References
2 Samuel 23:7But anyone touching them has to be armed with iron and the rod of a spear; and they will be burned with fire, every one of them.
Psalms 18:7\18:6\In my trouble my voice went up to the Lord, and my cry to my God: my voice came to his hearing in his holy Temple, and my prayer came before him, even into his ears.
Psalms 77:19\77:18\The voice of your thunder went rolling on; the world was flaming with the light of the storm; the earth was shaking.
Nahum 1:5The mountains are shaking because of him, and the hills flowing away; the earth is falling to bits before him, the world and all who are in it.
Matthew 27:51And the curtain of the Temple was parted in two from end to end; and there was an earth-shock; and the rocks were broken;
Acts 4:31And when their prayer was ended, the place where they were was violently moved, and they all became full of the Holy Spirit, preaching the word of God without fear.
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 →