2 Samuel 22:45
The strange children feigned obedience to me; 1 They hearkened to me as soon as they heard. 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
In Context
46The strange children shall be cast away, 1 And shall be overthrown out of their hiding places. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29Blessed art thou, O Israel; 1 Who is like to thee, O people saved by the Lord? 1 Thy helper shall hold his shield over thee, 1 And his sword is thy boast; 1 And thine enemies shall speak falsely to thee, 1 And thou shalt tread upon their neck.
Psalms 66:3That men may know thy way on the earth, 1 Thy salvation among all nations. 1
Isaiah 56:3Let not the stranger who attaches himself to the Lord, say, Surely the Lord will separate me from his people: and let not the eunuch say, I am a dry tree.
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 →