2 Samuel 22:9
There went up a smoke from his nose, and a fire of destruction from his mouth: coals were lighted by it.
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10The heavens were bent, so that he might come down; and it was dark under his feet.
Cross References
Exodus 19:18And all the mountain of Sinai was smoking, for the Lord had come down on it in fire: and the smoke of it went up like the smoke of a great burning; and all the mountain was shaking.
Deuteronomy 32:22For my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.
2 Samuel 22:16Then the deep beds of the sea were seen, and the bases of the world were uncovered, because of the Lord's wrath, because of the breath of his mouth.
Job 41:20\41:29\A thick stick is no better than a leaf of grass, and he makes sport of the onrush of the spear.
Psalms 18:15\18:14\He sent out his arrows, driving them in all directions; by his flames of fire they were troubled.
Isaiah 30:27See, the name of the Lord is coming from far, burning with his wrath, with thick smoke going up: his lips are full of passion, and his tongue is like a burning fire:
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 →