2 Samuel 22:10

He opened the heavens and came down, 1 and thick darkness was under his feet. 1

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In The King James Version

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.

In Context

9Smoke went up from out of his nostrils, 1 and blazing fire came out of his mouth. 1 Coals were ignited by it. 1

11He rode on a cherub and flew. 1 He was seen on the wings of the wind. + 22:11 Some versions have, He flew on the wings of the wind . 1

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Cross References

Exodus 20:21So the people stood far off, and Moses approached the thick darkness where God was.

1 Kings 8:12Then Solomon said, 1 “Yahweh has said that 2 he would live in thick darkness, 1

Psalms 104:3You lay the beams of your chambers on the clouds; 1 you make the clouds your chariot; 1 you walk on the wings of the wind. 1

Isaiah 63:19We have become like those over whom you never ruled, like those who were never called by your name.”

Nahum 1:3Yahweh is slow to anger and great in power; he will not allow the wicked to go unpunished. 1 Yahweh makes his way in the whirlwind and the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet. 1

Luke 23:44It was now about the sixth hour, and darkness came over the whole land until the ninth hour

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 →

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