King James Version
2 Samuel 22:46 in the King James Version says “Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.” — study this verse from 2 Samuel chapter 22 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.”
2 Samuel 22:46 · 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.
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
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
It is God that avengeth me, and that bringeth down the people under me, avengeth: Heb. giveth avengement for
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Strangers”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“out of their close places”
H4526something enclosing, i.e., a margin (of a region, of a panel); concretely, a stronghold
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