2 Samuel 22:35
He teacheth my hands to war; so that mine arms do bend a bow of brass.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34He maketh his feet like hinds’ feet: and setteth me upon my high places.
36Thou hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me great.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; he breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; he burneth the chariots in the fire.
Ezekiel 39:3and I will smite thy bow out of thy left hand, and will cause thine arrows to fall out of thy right hand.
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 →