2 Samuel 22:8

Then did the earth shake and quake, the foundations of the heavens, were deeply moved,—yea they did shake, because he was angry,

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.

In Context

7In my distress, called I on Yahweh, Yea, unto my God, did I call,—and he hearkened, out of his temple, unto my voice, and, my cry for help, was in his ears!

9There went up a smoke in his nostrils, and, a fire out of his mouth, devoured,—live coals, were kindled from it:

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Cross References

2 Samuel 23:7But, the man that would touch them, Must fence himself with iron, and the shaft of a spear,—Then, with fire, shall they be, consumed, on the spot!

Psalms 18:7Then did the earth shake and quake, Even, the foundations of the mountains, were deeply moved, Yea they did shake, because he was angry.

Psalms 77:19In the sea, was thy way, And, thy path, in the mighty waters, And, thy footprints, could not be known:

Nahum 1:5Mountains, have trembled because of him, and, the hills, have melted,—and the earth, hath lifted itself up, at his presence, the world also, and all who dwell therein.

Matthew 27:51And lo! the veil of the Temple, was rent, from top to bottom, into two; and, the earth, was shaken, and, the rocks, were rent;

Acts 4:31And, when they had made supplication, the place was shaken in which they were gathered together, and they were filled, one and all, with the Holy Spirit, and began speaking the word of God with freedom of utterance.

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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