Key Verse Spotlight
2 Samuel 22:41 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Thou hast also given me the necks of mine enemies, that I might destroy them that hate me.”
2 Samuel 22:41
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
For thou hast girded me with strength to battle: them that rose up against me hast thou subdued under me. {subdued: Heb. caused to bow}
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.
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