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2 Samuel 22:44

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.

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ASV

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people; Thou hast kept me to be the head of the nations: A people whom I have not known shall serve me.

KJV

Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve me.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַֽתְּפַלְּטֵ֔נִיva.te.fa.le.Te.niand you rescued meH6403 →
מֵרִיבֵ֖יme.ri.Veifrom [the] strifes ofH7379 →
עַמִּ֑י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
תִּשְׁמְרֵ֙נִי֙tish.me.Re.niyou kept meH8104 →
לְרֹ֣אשׁle.Roshto [the] head ofH7218 →
גּוֹיִ֔םgo.Yim[the] nationsH1471 →
עַ֥ם'ama peopleH5971 →
לֹא־lo'-[whom] notH3808 →
יָדַ֖עְתִּיya.Da'.tiI knewH3045 →
יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ya.'av.Du.nithey served meH5647 →

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Isaiah 55:5Surely you will summon a nation you do not know, and nations who do not know you will run to you. For the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, has bestowed glory on you.”2 Samuel 8:1–14Some time later, David defeated the Philistines, subdued them, and took Metheg-ammah from the hand of the Philistines.2 Samuel 3:1Now the war between the house of Saul and the house of David was protracted. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul grew weaker and weaker.Deuteronomy 28:13The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.2 Samuel 19:9And all the people throughout the tribes of Israel were arguing, “The king rescued us from the hand of our enemies and delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled the land because of Absalom.2 Samuel 19:14So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”Isaiah 60:12For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”Psalms 60:8–9Moab is My washbasin; upon Edom I toss My sandal; over Philistia I shout in triumph.”Acts 5:30–31The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you had killed by hanging Him on a tree.Psalms 110:6He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead; He will crush the leaders far and wide.Psalms 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.2 Samuel 18:6–8So David’s army marched into the field to engage Israel in the battle, which took place in the forest of Ephraim.Psalms 2:8Ask Me, and I will make the nations Your inheritance, the ends of the earth Your possession.2 Samuel 20:1–2Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”Isaiah 65:1“I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me; I was found by those who did not seek Me. To a nation that did not call My name, I said, ‘Here I am! Here I am!’Daniel 7:14And He was given dominion, glory, and kingship, that the people of every nation and language should serve Him. His dominion is an everlasting dominion that will not pass away, and His kingdom is one that will never be destroyed.2 Samuel 5:1Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, “Here we are, your own flesh and blood.

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