2 Samuel 22:13 KJV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 2 Samuel 22:13

(13) Through the brightness.—Rather, Out of the brightness. The psalm (with the same correction) is more full, and perhaps the more exact representation of the original: “Out of the brightness before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.” 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

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 2 Samuel 22:13

22:13 Through the brightness before him were {h} coals of fire kindled.(h) By this description of a tempest he declares the power of God against his enemies. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

This chapter presents David's song of triumph after God had subdued all his enemies under him. It is almost identical toPsalms 18:1-50; Psalms 18:1-50, though with some variations. Of course faith realizes that God has a wise reason for the differences, though we may find ourselves unable to explain them. Appropriately David begins his song with a number of the wonderful aspects of God's nature and character. Jehovah is his rock, the symbol of unchanging stability. 1 Corinthians 10:4 tells us... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

MINGLED EXPERIENCES THE GRATEFUL RETROSPECT (2 Samuel 22:0 ) The title of this section is that which Spurgeon gives the psalm which constitutes it. The psalm is numbered 18 in the book of Psalms, and will be found to contain variations in the text. A common explanation of these is that David sung it, or caused it to be sung, often, and hence revised it for final use in the tabernacle. The second and forty-ninth verses of the psalm are quoted in the New Testament as the words of Jesus Christ... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 2 Samuel 22:1-51

Poetry At Life's End 2 Samuel 22:2; 2 Samuel 23:02 Samuel 23:0 THE twenty-second chapter, although marked by quite a number of slight changes, is identical with Psalm xviii. The fifty-first verse shows that this song must have been composed after the visit of Nathan, at which David received the promise of the perpetuity of his kingdom. As this psalm will be treated in its proper place in the psalter we propose to pass over it here, and proceed at once to the twenty-third chapter. In doing so... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:7-19

(7) In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears. (8) Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. (9) There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. (10) He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet. (11) And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - 2 Samuel 22:13

Kindled. The words abju abru seem to be wanting here, as they are found in Syriac, Arabic and the Psalm. Kennicott would render this most striking image, "at the brightness of his presence his clouds removed; They kindled into colas of fire," &c. (Diss. i.) read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Samuel 22:1-20

Gratitude for Deliverance in the Past v. 1. And David spake unto the Lord the words of this song, which is simply another version of Psalms 18, from which it is distinguished only by slight deviations, in the day that the Lord had delivered him out of the hand of all his enemies and out of the hand of Saul. v. 2. And he said, The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress, in whom he may confidently trust, and my Deliverer; v. 3. the God of my rock, Deuteronomy 32:4, with reference to His... read more