King James Version (KJV)
2 Samuel 22:44
“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.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 22
42
They looked, but [there was] none to save; [even] unto the LORD, but he answered them not.
43
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.
44
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.
45
Strangers shall submit themselves unto me: as soon as they hear, they shall be obedient unto me.
46
Strangers shall fade away, and they shall be afraid out of their close places.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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