2 Samuel 22:38
I chased my enemies, and caught up with them. I did not turn around until I had destroyed them.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37You gave me room to walk, and prevented my feet from slipping.
39I struck them down—they couldn't get up. They fell at my feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18The Philistines came and spread out across the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1Sometime after this, David attacked and subdued the Philistines, taking Metheg-ammah from the them.
2 Samuel 10:14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had run away, they also ran away from Abishai, and retreated into the town. So Joab went back to Jerusalem after fighting the Ammonites.
Romans 8:37No—in all that happens to us we're more than conquerors through him who loved us.
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 →