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2 Samuel 22:8-16

King James Version (KJV)

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8. Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth. 9. There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. 10. He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness [was] under his feet. 11. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: and he was seen upon the wings of the wind. 12. And he made darkness pavilions round about him, dark waters, [and] thick clouds of the skies. 13. Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled. 14. The LORD thundered from heaven, and the most High uttered his voice. 15. And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. 16. And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

2 Samuel 22:8-16 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Samuel 22:8

Theological / Devotional

Shook and trembled. Verses 8-16 contain a strikingly beautiful and impressive picture of God. The passage is unsurpassed in sublimity and solemnity in its description of the might and power of God. The picture is one of a terrible storm and earthquake, accompanied by dense smoke and darkness, the outbursts of lightning and deafening peals of thunder, revealing to David the personal presence of God. Undoubtedly the picture came as a result of personal experience, when to David, out in the open, exposed to the elements, and perhaps battling for his very life against his foes, was revealed the nearness of God in the salvation He brings to His own. The scene is reminiscent of the terrors accompanying the solemn giving of the law on Sinai (Ex. 19:16-18).

Because he was wroth. By a figure of speech the dreadful shaking of the earth and the terrible commotions in heaven are pictured as the result of the awful wrath of God.

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