2 Samuel 22:45
Foreigners humbly bowed down in front of me; as soon as they heard about me, they obeyed me.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
In Context
46They became afraid, and they came to me, trembling, from the places where they were hiding.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 33:29You people of Israel, Yahweh ◄has blessed/is pleased with► you. There is certainly [RHQ] no nation like your nation, whom Yahweh has rescued from being slaves in Egypt. He will be like [MET] a shield to protect you and like [MET] a sword to enable you to defeat your enemies. Your enemies will come to you begging for you to act mercifully toward them, but you will trample on their backs/necks.”
Psalms 66:3They should say to God, “The things that you do are awesome! You are very powerful, with the result that your enemies ◄cringe/bow down► in front of you.”
Isaiah 56:3And foreigners who have believed in me should not say, ‘Yahweh will surely not allow me to belong to his people.’ And eunuchs should not say, ‘ Because I am unable to have children, I cannot belong to Yahweh; I am like [MET] a tree that has completely withered.’
Acts 8:13Simon himself believed Philip’s message and, after he was baptized {after Philip baptized him}, he began to constantly accompany Philip. Simon was continually amazed because he often saw Philip doing many kinds of miraculous things.
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 →