Key Verse Spotlight
2 Samuel 22:8 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.”
2 Samuel 22:8
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me; {sorrows: or, cords}
In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry {did enter} into his ears.
Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it. {out of his nostrils: Heb. by, etc}
He bowed the heavens also, and came down; and darkness {was} under his feet.
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