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2 Samuel 22:20

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He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.
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  1. Psalms 31:8Rank 1 from verse 20
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    8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  2. 2 Samuel 15:26Rank 2 from verse 20
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    26But if he thus say, I have no delight in thee; behold, here am I, let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.

  3. Psalms 118:5Rank 3 from verse 20
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    5I called upon the Lord in distress: the Lord answered me, and set me in a large place.

  4. Psalms 149:4Rank 4 from verse 20
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    4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

  5. Psalms 22:8Rank 5 from verse 20
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    8He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.

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2 Samuel 22:20

COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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place

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Sense 1: A physical location or room. Sense 2: A position or office. Sense 3: An occasion, circumstance, or passage. Sense 4: To set, fix, locate, or establish.

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delivered

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of deliver. Sense 1: To rescue, save, free, or bring safely out of danger or bondage. Sense 2: To hand over, give up, or place into another's power or possession. Sense 3: To bring forth, convey, declare, or commit something to another. Sense 4: To give birth or be delivered of a child.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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delighted

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Took great pleasure in, was pleased with, or rejoiced in the person or thing named.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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19They prevented me in the day of my calamity: but the Lord was my stay.

20He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.

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21The Lord rewarded me according to my righteousness: according to the cleanness of my hands hath he recompensed me.

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