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Read Full Chapter (2 Samuel 22) 2 Samuel 22:6 KJV
"The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;"
2 Samuel 22:6 in Context (Verses 3–9 KJV)
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The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my saviour; thou savest me from violence.
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I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.
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When the waves of death compassed me, the floods of ungodly men made me afraid;**
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The sorrows of hell compassed me about; the snares of death prevented me;*
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In my distress I called upon the LORD, and cried to my God: and he did hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry did enter into his ears.
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Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations of heaven moved and shook, because he was wroth.
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There went up a smoke out of his nostrils, and fire out of his mouth devoured: coals were kindled by it.*