2 Samuel 22:38
“ pursued my enemies and defeated them; I did not stop fighting them until they were all killed.
Translation for Translators
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 have not allowed my enemies to capture me [IDM], and I have not fallen down during battles.
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18The army of Philistia arrived at Rephaim Valley southwest of Jerusalem and spread all over the valley.
2 Samuel 8:1Some time later, David’s army attacked the Philistia army and defeated them. They took control over the entire Philistia area.
2 Samuel 10:14And when the soldiers of the Ammon people-group saw that the soldiers from Syria were running away, they also started to run away from Abishai and his army, and they retreated back inside the city. So Joab’s army stopped fighting against the army of the Ammon people-group, and Joab and his army returned to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37But even though all these bad things may happen to us, we win a great victory/triumph over these things because Christ, who loves us, helps 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 →