KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
2 Samuel 22:38–41
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2 Samuel 22:38
38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.
38I haue pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them: and turned not againe vntill I had consumed them.
2 Samuel 22:39
39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
39And I haue consumed them and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen vnder my feet.
2 Samuel 22:40
40For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me.
40For thou hast girded mee with strength to battel: them that rose vp against me, hast thou †subdued vnder me.
- Hebr. caused to bow.
2 Samuel 22:41
41Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
41Thou hast also giuen mee the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.
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DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:38
Followed after, chased, continued, or sought to attain.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Ruined, overthrown, consumed, or brought to an end.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Moved in a circle; changed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Another time; once more; back to a former place or condition; or in return.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Wasted; burnt up; destroyed; dissipated; squandered; expended.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:39
Wasted; burnt up; destroyed; dissipated; squandered; expended.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Hurt; injured.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
To rise, stand up, come forth, or begin to act.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Yes; truly; an expression of affirmation or emphasis.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
Having fallen; descended, dropped, been overthrown, or come into a lower state.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:40
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Bound; surrounded; invested; put on.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Power, force, firmness, ability, endurance, or that which gives support.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
A fight or armed conflict; also, troops drawn up for fighting.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Arose, stood up, or went upward; also a fragrant flower, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Opposed to, contrary to, facing, toward, or in contact with; in some settings, exposed to or ready for a stated time.
Meaning drawn from: Skeat 1893
Conquered or brought under control or obedience.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
DEFINED WORDS
2 Samuel 22:41
Have: possess, hold, receive, or experience; also used as an auxiliary verb.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Bestowed, granted, delivered, or appointed.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Power or strength; also an auxiliary expressing possibility or permission.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
To ruin, demolish, kill, consume, or bring to an end.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To feel strong dislike, aversion, or enmity toward; in comparisons, to love less.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
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From verse 38
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Open the full verse study8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
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Open the full verse study14And when the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, then fled they also before Abishai, and entered into the city. So Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
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Open the full verse study18The Philistines also came and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
19And David inquired of the Lord, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the Lord said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
20And David came to Baal-perazim, and David smote them there, and said, The Lord hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baal-perazim.
21And there they left their images, and David and his men burned them.
22¶ And the Philistines came up yet again, and spread themselves in the valley of Rephaim.
23And when David inquired of the Lord, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
24And let it be, when thou hearest the sound of a going in the tops of the mulberry trees, that then thou shalt bestir thyself: for then shall the Lord go out before thee, to smite the host of the Philistines.
25And David did so, as the Lord had commanded him; and smote the Philistines from Geba until thou come to Gazer.
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Open the full verse study1AND after this it came to pass, that David smote the Philistines, and subdued them: and David took Metheg-ammah out of the hand of the Philistines.
2And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David’s servants, and brought gifts.
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Open the full verse study13And David gat him a name when he returned from smiting of the Syrians in the valley of salt, being eighteen thousand men.
14¶ And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David’s servants. And the Lord preserved David whithersoever he went.
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Open the full verse study37Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
From verse 39
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Open the full verse study3And ye shall tread down the wicked; for they shall be ashes under the soles of your feet in the day that I shall do this, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Open the full verse study1FOR, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the Lord of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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Open the full verse study1THE Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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Open the full verse study5The Lord at thy right hand shall strike through kings in the day of his wrath.
6He shall judge among the heathen, he shall fill the places with the dead bodies; he shall wound the heads over many countries.
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Open the full verse study10All nations compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord will I destroy them.
11They compassed me about; yea, they compassed me about: but in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
12They compassed me about like bees; they are quenched as the fire of thorns: for in the name of the Lord I will destroy them.
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Open the full verse study37I have pursued mine enemies, and overtaken them: neither did I turn again till they were consumed.
From verse 40
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Open the full verse study5Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
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Open the full verse study11Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;
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Open the full verse study14The sons also of them that afflicted thee shall come bending unto thee; and all they that despised thee shall bow themselves down at the soles of thy feet; and they shall call thee, The city of the Lord, The Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
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Open the full verse study32It is God that girdeth me with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
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Open the full verse study39For thou hast girded me with strength unto the battle: thou hast subdued under me those that rose up against me.
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Open the full verse study49And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slang it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead, that the stone sunk into his forehead; and he fell upon his face to the earth.
50So David prevailed over the Philistine with a sling and with a stone, and smote the Philistine, and slew him; but there was no sword in the hand of David.
51Therefore David ran, and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword, and drew it out of the sheath thereof, and slew him, and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw their champion was dead, they fled.
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Open the full verse study5So David and his men went to Keilah, and fought with the Philistines, and brought away their cattle, and smote them with a great slaughter. So David saved the inhabitants of Keilah.
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Open the full verse study5¶ I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
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Open the full verse study2My goodness, and my fortress; my high tower, and my deliverer; my shield, and he in whom I trust; who subdueth my people under me.
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Open the full verse study9And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
From verse 41
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Open the full verse study27I will send my fear before thee, and will destroy all the people to whom thou shalt come, and I will make all thine enemies turn their backs unto thee.
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Open the full verse study24And it came to pass, when they brought out those kings unto Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said unto the captains of the men of war which went with him, Come near, put your feet upon the necks of these kings. And they came near, and put their feet upon the necks of them.
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Open the full verse study8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
9Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;
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Open the full verse study8¶ Judah, thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise: thy hand shall be in the neck of thine enemies; thy father’s children shall bow down before thee.
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Open the full verse study14But his citizens hated him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.
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Open the full verse study27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.
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Open the full verse study40Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies; that I might destroy them that hate me.
41They cried, but there was none to save them: even unto the Lord, but he answered them not.
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Open the full verse study8Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
9Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
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