2 Samuel 22:44

Listen to 2 Samuel 22:44
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; [a] you kept me as the head of 1the nations; 2people whom I had not known served me.

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2 Samuel 22:44 Meaning and Commentary

2 Samuel 22:44

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people,
thou hast kept me [to be] head of the heathen: a people [which] I knew
not shall serve me.] (See Gill on Psalms 18:43).

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2 Samuel 22:44 In-Context

42 They looked, but there was none to save; they cried to the Lord, but he did not answer them.
43 I beat them fine as the dust of the earth; I crushed them and stamped them down like the mire of the streets.
44 “You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
45 Foreigners came cringing to me; as soon as they heard of me, they obeyed me.
46 Foreigners lost heart and came trembling out of their fortresses.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 22:44 See ch. 8:1-14
  • 2. 22:44 Isa. 55:5

Footnotes 1

  • [a] 22:44 Septuagint 'with the peoples'
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