2 Samuel 22:35
Teaching my hands for battle, And brought down was a bow of brass by mine arms,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
He teacheth my hands to war; so that a bow of steel is broken by mine arms.
In Context
34Making my feet like hinds, And on my high places causeth me to stand,
36And Thou givest to me the shield of Thy salvation, And Thy lowliness maketh me great.
Cross References
Psalms 46:9Causing wars to cease, Unto the end of the earth, the bow he shivereth, And the spear He hath cut asunder, Chariots he doth burn with fire.
Ezekiel 39:3And have smitten thy bow out of thy left hand, Yea, thine arrows out of thy right 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 →