"And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind." — 2 Samuel 22:11

2 Samuel 22:11 · KJV

“And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.”

— 2 Samuel 22:11

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness {was} under his feet.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, {and} thick clouds of the skies. {dark...: Heb. binding of waters}

2 Samuel 22 — Context

There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}

He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness {was} under his feet.

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind.

And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, {and} thick clouds of the skies. {dark...: Heb. binding of waters}

Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

Cross References

Psalms 104:3

Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters: who maketh the clouds his chariot: who walketh upon the wings of the wind:

Psalms 18:10

And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.

Psalms 68:17

The chariots of God {are} twenty thousand, {even} thousands of angels: the Lord {is} among them, {as in} Sinai, in the holy {place}. {even...: or, even many thousands}

Psalms 99:1

The LORD reigneth; let the people tremble: he sitteth {between} the cherubims; let the earth be moved. {be moved: Heb. stagger}

Ezekiel 10:2-14

And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, {even} under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter {them} over the city. And he went in in my sight. {thine hand: Heb. the hollow of thine hand}

Psalms 139:9

{If} I take the wings of the morning, {and} dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea;

Exodus 25:19

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: {even} of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. {of...: or, of the matter of the mercy seat}

Genesis 3:24

So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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