2 Samuel 22:35
He teaches my hands for the war, so that a brazen bow is bent by my arms.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34He maketh my feet like those of the hinds, and upon my high places he causeth me to stand.
36And thou gavest me the shield of thy salvation; and thy assistance hath made me great.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9(46:10) He causeth wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in pieces; he burneth wagons in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will strike thy bow out of thy left hand, and thy arrows will I cause to fall out of thy right hand.
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 →