What does 2 Samuel 22:44 mean?
ESV: "You delivered me from strife with my people; you kept me as the head of the nations; people whom I had not known served me.
NIV: "You have delivered me from the attacks of the peoples; you have preserved me as the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
NASB: You have also saved me from the contentions of my people; You have kept me as head of the nations; A people I have not known serve me.
CSB: You have freed me from the feuds among my people; you have preserved me as head of nations; a people I had not known serve me.
NLT: 'You gave me victory over my accusers. You preserved me as the ruler over nations; people I don’t even know now serve me.
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.
NKJV: “You have also delivered me from the strivings of my people; You have kept me as the head of the nations. A people I have not known shall serve me.
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Second Samuel continues the story of David, who will become king over Judah. The other tribes of Israel are resistant, eventually sparking a civil war. David wins and makes Jerusalem his capital. Early success is followed by moral failure and controversy in David's house. The book of 1 Kings will begin by detailing David's decline and death.
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