KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 22:12–13
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2 Samuel 22:12
12And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
12And hee made darkenesse pauilions round about him, †darke waters, and thicke clouds of the skies.
- Hebr. binding of waters.
2 Samuel 22:13
13Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.
13Through the brightnesse before him, were coales of fire kindled.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:12
Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Absence of light; also obscurity, ignorance, distress, or moral evil by figure.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Tents, shelters, or dwellings.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Around, concerning, near, or engaged in; on every side or approximately, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Destitute of light; obscure. Obscure; concealed; secret; not understood. Darkness; obscurity; the absence of light. Obscurity; a state of ignorance.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Dense, deep, close, crowded, or not thin; also, to a great depth or in close succession.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Visible masses of condensed vapour in the sky; also figures of covering, multitude, or obscurity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The aerial region which surrounds the earth; the apparent arch or vault of heaven, which in a clear day is of a blue color.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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2 Samuel 22:13
From one side or end to another; by means of; throughout; or because of, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Pieces of wood or other combustible matter that are burning, ignited, or charred.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Flame and burning heat; figuratively, fiery trial, judgment, zeal, or anger; to kindle or burn.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
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From verse 12
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Open the full verse study10He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness was under his feet.
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Open the full verse study29Also can any understand the spreadings of the clouds, or the noise of his tabernacle?
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Open the full verse study11He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
12At the brightness that was before him his thick clouds passed, hail stones and coals of fire.
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Open the full verse study2Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
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Open the full verse study5For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
From verse 13
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Open the full verse study9There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.
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