2 Samuel 22:38
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; 1 And I will not turn again till I have consumed them. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37So as to make room under me for my going, 1 And my legs did not totter. 1
39And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; 1 And they shall fall under my feet. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18And the Philistines came, and assembled in the Valley of the Giants.
2 Samuel 8:1And it came to pass after this, that David smote the Philistines, and put them to flight, and David took the tribute from out of the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14And the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, and they fled from before Abishai, and entered into the city: and Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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 →