Verse Lens · Context pointer
2 Samuel 22:39 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 39. 39And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under my feet.
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Role in This Section
2 Samuel 22:39 contributes this particular line to the movement: “And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under…”.
Read It With
- 2 Samuel 22:32–43
Read 2 Samuel 22:39 with 22:32–43. 2 Samuel 22:39 advances “God Equips the King for Battle” through the concrete textual step “And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under…”. The complete unit establishes this movement: Rock, training, footing, pursuit, crushing, and submission language celebrate military victory without transferring divine-war agency to modern readers.
Why It Needs Context
2 Samuel 22:39 depends on 22:32–43; isolating “And I have consumed them, and wounded them, that they could not arise: yea, they are fallen under…” would detach a supporting action, quotation, name, number, or transition from “God Equips the King for Battle.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read 2 Samuel 22:32–43 — God Equips the King for BattleSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage.
Exact location: 2 Samuel 22:32-43, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 2 Samuel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording, morphology, repeated verbs, names, syntax, and the base text behind translation and textual discussion.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/2Sam.xml, 22:32-43
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