2 Samuel 22:39
I struck them down; I stabbed them with my sword; they fell down at my feet and did not stand up again.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
In Context
38“ pursued my enemies and defeated them; I did not stop fighting them until they were all killed.
Cross References
1 Kings 5:17The king also commanded his workers to cut huge blocks of stones from the quarries and to smooth the sides of the stones. Those huge stones were for the foundation of the temple.
Psalms 110:1Yahweh said to my lord the king, “Sit here, close to me, in the place of highest honor [MTY] until I completely defeat your enemies [MET] and make them like a stool for your feet!”
Psalms 118:10Armies of [MTY] many nations surrounded me, but Yahweh enabled me to defeat them by his power [MTY].
Malachi 4:3At the time when I judge people, you will tread on wicked people as though [SIM] they were the dirt under your feet. That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, promise.
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 →