2 Samuel 22:38
I pursued my enemies and destroyed them. 1 I did not turn back until they were destroyed. 1
Unlocked Literal 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 have made a wide place for my feet beneath me, 1 so my feet have not slipped. 1
39I devoured them and smashed them; they cannot rise. 1 They have fallen under my feet. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 5:18Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
2 Samuel 8:1After this it came about that David attacked the Philistines and defeated them. So David took Metheg Ammah from the control of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 10:14When the army of Ammon saw that the Arameans had fled, they also fled from Abishai and went back into the city. Then Joab returned from the people of Ammon and went back to Jerusalem.
Romans 8:37In all these things we are more than conquerors through the one 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 →