2 Samuel 22:8

Then shook and trembled the earth; the foundations of the heavens were moved; and they shook, because he was wroth.

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In The King James Version

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

In Context

7[When] in my distress I called upon the Lord, and to my God I cried; and he heard from his temple my voice, and my complaint [entered] into his ears.

9Smoke went up in his anger, and consuming fire out of his mouth, coals flamed forth from him.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:7But the man that will touch them must protect his hand with iron and the staff of a spear: and they will be utterly burnt with fire in the dwelling.

Psalms 18:7(18:8) Then shook and trembled the earth; and the foundations of the mountains were moved; and they were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalms 77:19(77:20) Through the sea led thy way, and thy path was through mighty waters, and thy footsteps could not be known.

Nahum 1:5Mountains quake before him, and the hills melt away; and the earth is lifted up at his presence, yea, the world, and all that dwell therein.

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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