2 Samuel 22:38
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
In Context
37You broaden the path beneath me so that my ankles do not give way.
39I devoured and crushed them so they could not rise; they have fallen under my feet.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
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 →