2 Samuel 22:41
You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; 1 I annihilated those who hated me. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
In Context
40You put strength on me like a belt for battle; 1 you put under me those who rise up against me. 1
Cross References
Exodus 23:27I will send fear of myself on those into whose land you advance. I will kill all the people whom you meet. I will make all your enemies turn their backs to you in fright.
Psalms 18:40You gave me the back of my enemies' necks; I annihilated those who hated me. 1
Luke 19:14But his citizens hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, 'We will not have this man rule over us.'
2 Thessalonians 1:8In flaming fire he will take vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not respond to the gospel of our Lord Jesus.
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 →