2 Samuel 22:35
Teaching my hands for battle, || And a bow of bronze was brought down by my arms,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34Making my feet like does, || And causes me to stand on my high places,
36And You give the shield of Your salvation to me, || And Your lowliness makes me great.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9Causing wars to cease, || To the end of the earth, He shatters the bow, || And He has cut apart the spear, || He burns chariots with fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And have struck your bow out of your left hand, || Indeed, I cause your arrows to fall out of your right.
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 →