2 Samuel 22:35
Teaching my hands, to war,—so that a bow of bronze was bent by mine arms;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34Planting my feet like the hinds’,—yea, on my high places, he caused me to stand;
36Thus didst thou grant me, as a shield, thy salvation,—and, thy condescension, made me great.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9Causing wars to cease unto the end of the earth,—The bow, he shivereth, And breaketh in pieces the spear, war-chariots, burneth he up with fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand,- And thine arrows—out of thy right hand, will I cause to fall.
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 →