"Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, {and} did spread the…" — 2 Samuel 22:43

2 Samuel 22:43 · KJV

“Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, {and} did spread them abroad.”

— 2 Samuel 22:43

Verse 42

They looked, but {there was} none to save; {even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Verse 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.

2 Samuel 22 — Context

Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.

They looked, but {there was} none to save; {even} unto the LORD, but he answered them not.

Then did I beat them as small as the dust of the earth, I did stamp them as the mire of the street, {and} did spread them abroad.

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.

Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me. {Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger} {submit...: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie}

Cross References

Micah 7:10

Then {she that is} mine enemy shall see {it}, and shame shall cover her which said unto me, Where is the LORD thy God? mine eyes shall behold her: now shall she be trodden down as the mire of the streets. {Then...: or, And thou wilt see her that is mine enemy, and cover her with shame} {shall she...: Heb. she shall be for a treading down}

Isaiah 10:6

I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets. {tread...: Heb. lay them a treading}

2 Kings 13:7

Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.

Zechariah 10:5

And they shall be as mighty {men}, which tread down {their enemies} in the mire of the streets in the battle: and they shall fight, because the LORD {is} with them, and the riders on horses shall be confounded. {the riders...: or, they shall make the riders on horses ashamed}

Zechariah 2:6

Ho, ho, {come forth}, and flee from the land of the north, saith the LORD: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the LORD.

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Psalms 35:5

Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase {them}.

Psalms 18:42

Then did I beat them small as the dust before the wind: I did cast them out as the dirt in the streets.

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