2 Samuel 22:51

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“Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.””

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BSBPD

“Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.””

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“He is the tower of salvation for his king: and sheweth mercy to his anointed, unto David, and to his seed for evermore.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Great deliverance giveth he to his king, And showeth lovingkindness to his anointed, To David and to his seed, for evermore.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Magnifying the salvations of His king, And doing loving-kindness to His anointed, To David, and to his seed--unto the age!'”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 2 Samuel 22:51 — 19 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 2 Samuel 7:12And when your days are fulfilled and you rest with your fathers, I will raise up your descendant after you, who will come from your own body, and I will establish his kingdom.
  2. 2 Samuel 7:13He will build a house for My Name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.
  3. 2 Samuel 7:16Your house and kingdom will endure forever before Me, and your throne will be established forever.”
  4. 2 Samuel 22:2He said: “The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer.
  5. 2 Samuel 23:1These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
  6. Psalms 3:3But You, O LORD, are a shield around me, my glory, and the One who lifts my head.
  7. Psalms 18:50Great salvation He brings to His king. He shows loving devotion to His anointed, to David and his descendants forever.
  8. Psalms 21:1O LORD, the king rejoices in Your strength. How greatly he exults in Your salvation!
  9. Psalms 48:3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
  10. Psalms 89:20I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.
  11. Psalms 89:24My faithfulness and loving devotion will be with him, and through My name his horn will be exalted.
  12. Psalms 89:26He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’
  13. Psalms 89:29I will establish his line forever, his throne as long as the heavens endure.
  14. Psalms 89:36his offspring shall endure forever, and his throne before Me like the sun,
  15. Psalms 91:2I will say to the LORD, “You are my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.”
  16. Psalms 144:10to Him who gives victory to kings, who frees His servant David from the deadly sword.
  17. Jeremiah 30:9Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  18. Luke 1:31Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son, and you are to give Him the name Jesus.
  19. Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”

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