2 Samuel 22:41
And, as for my foes, thou didst give me their neck,—yea, them who hated me, that I might destroy them:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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
40Thus didst thou gird me with strength, for the battle,—thou subduedst mine assailants under me:
42They cried out, but there was none to save,—unto Yahweh, but he answered them not.
Cross References
Exodus 23:27My terror, will I send before thee, and will confound all the people amongst whom thou shalt come, and will deliver up all thine enemies unto thee as they flee.
Psalms 18:40As for my foes, thou didst give me their neck, and, as for them who hated me, I destroyed them.
Luke 19:14But, his citizens, hated him, and sent off an embassy after him, saying—We desire not, this, man, to be made king over us!
2 Thessalonians 1:8In a fiery flame; holding forth vengeance—against them that refuse to know God, and them who decline to hearken unto the glad-message 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 →