2 Samuel 22:15
in 2 Samuel 22He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; Lightning, and discomfited them.
KJV
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them.
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This verse in 2 Samuel 22
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
coals of fire blazed forth
on 2 Samuel 22:13-16
Thunder, arrows and lightning become the LORD’s weapons. “The channels of the sea appeared”, and the foundations of the world lay bare “at the rebuke of the LORD”. The song builds the scene from words Israel already kept for God in the storm and at the sea of the exodus.
This site's exposition
He shot His arrows
The two clauses are Hebrew parallelism, so the arrows and the lightning name one weapon. John Gill reads the verse with Psalm 18:14. David turns the line into a prayer at Psalm 144:6, asking the Lord to shoot the same arrows again.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he sent out arrows, and scattered them; lightning, and discomfited them. See Gill on Psa 18:14.
The words behind it
5 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁלַ֥ח | vaiyishlach | and he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| חִצִּ֖ים | chitzim | arrows | H2671 → | |
| וַיְפִיצֵ֑ם | vayfitzem | and he scattered them | H6327 → | 67 times |
| בָּרָ֖ק | barak | [with] lightning | H1300 → | |
| וַיָּהֹֽם׃ | vaiyehumem | and he routed [them] | H2000 → |
וַיִּשְׁלַ֥חand he sent
vaiyishlachH7971 →845 times
חִצִּ֖יםarrows
chitzimH2671 →
וַיְפִיצֵ֑םand he scattered them
vayfitzemH6327 →67 times
בָּרָ֖ק[with] lightning
barakH1300 →
וַיָּהֹֽם׃and he routed [them]
vaiyehumemH2000 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 45:5Your arrows pierce the hearts of the king’s foes; the nations fall beneath your feet.
it leads to
- Numbers 24:8
God brought him out of Egypt with strength like a wild ox, to devour hostile nations and crush their bones, to pierce them with arrows.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 21:12
For You will put them to flight when Your bow is trained upon them.
- Psalms 38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- Numbers 24:8
Through
Joshua 10:10And the LORD threw them into confusion before Israel, who defeated them in a great slaughter at Gibeon, pursued them along the ascent to Beth-horon, and struck them down as far as Azekah and…
it leads to
- Psalms 18:14
He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
- Psalms 18:14
Through
Psalms 18:14He shot His arrows and scattered the foes; He hurled lightning and routed them.
it leads to
- Psalms 144:6
Flash forth Your lightning and scatter them; shoot Your arrows and rout them.
- Psalms 144:6
Through
Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.
it leads to
- Psalms 144:5–6
Part Your heavens, O LORD, and come down; touch the mountains, that they may smoke.
- Psalms 144:5–6
Through
Deuteronomy 32:23I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows against them.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 5:16
When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
- Isaiah 24:17–18
Terror and pit and snare await you, O dweller of the earth.
- Ezekiel 5:16
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.