King James Version
2 Samuel 22:43 in the King James Version says “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 ...” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
2 Samuel 22:43 · KJV
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.
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.
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear , they shall be obedient unto me. Strangers: Heb. Sons of the stranger submit: or, yield feigned obedience: Heb. lie
KJV Study — Public Domain
“and did spread them abroad”
H7554to pound the earth (as a sign of passion); by analogy to expand (by hammering); by implication, to overlay (with thin sheets of metal)
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