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E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 22:45

Strangers = foreigners. shall submit themselves , or give a feigned and unwilling obedience. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 2 Samuel 22:46

shall be afraid out of their close places = shall come forth trembling from their hiding-places. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

2 Samuel 22:1. And David spake unto the Lord—this song— As this fine poem of David's occurs in the book of Psalms, we shall not make any remark upon it till we come to its proper place. See Psalms 18:0. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

C. David’s Praise of Yahweh ch. 22"It has long been recognized that 2 Samuel 22 is not only one of the oldest major poems in the OT but also that, because Psalms 18 parallels it almost verbatim, it is a key passage for the theory and practice of OT textual criticism." [Note: Youngblood, p. 1064.] This psalm records David’s own expression of the theological message the writer of Samuel expounded historically. Yahweh is King, and He blesses those who submit to His authority in many ways. 2 Samuel... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

David’s Thanksgiving PsalmThis beautiful poem has also been preserved as the Eighteenth Psalm. It probably belongs to the earlier portion of David’s reign, when his conquests and God’s promise (2 Samuel 7) were still fresh in his mind. See on Psalms 18. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 22:45

(45) As soon as they hear.—This and the previous clause are transposed in the psalm, this clause there constituting 2 Samuel 22:44. read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 22:46

(46) Shall be afraid out of their close places.—The English here follows Psalms 18:45. but the Hebrew verbs differ by the transposition of a letter. This is probably a mere clerical error, but if it be retained the sense will be a little changed. The psalm means, came trembling from their fastnesses, representing the conquered as submitting with fear; the text here, came limping from their fastnesses, suggesting that the remnant of the enemy had already been injured and wounded. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

CHAPTER XXX.THE SONG OF THANKSGIVING.2 Samuel 22:1-51.SOME of David’s actions are very characteristic of himself; there are other actions quite out of harmony with his character. This psalm of thanksgiving belongs to the former order. It is quite like David; at the conclusion of his military enterprises, to cast his eye gratefully over the whole, and acknowledge the goodness and mercy that had followed him all along. Unlike many, he was as careful to thank God for mercies past and present as to... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

2. David’s Song of Deliverance CHAPTER 22 1. The praise of Jehovah (2 Samuel 22:1-4 ) 2. The sorrows of the past (2 Samuel 22:5-7 ) 3. God’s presence and intervention (2 Samuel 22:8-20 ) 4. Reward and approval (2 Samuel 22:21-28 ) 5. The judgment of the enemies (2 Samuel 22:29-43 ) 6. The exaltation above the adversaries (2 Samuel 22:44-49 ) 7. The praise of Jehovah (2 Samuel 22:50-51 ) It would take many pages to give an exposition of this great song which in the Book of... read more

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