2 Samuel 22:7

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Footnotes

1. 2 Samuel 22:7 tn In this poetic narrative the two prefixed verbal forms in v. 7a are best understood as preterites indicating past tense, not imperfects. Note the use of the vav consecutive with the prefixed verbal form that follows in v. 7b.
2. 2 Samuel 22:7 tn Heb “from his temple.” Verse 10, which pictures God descending from the sky, indicates that the heavenly, not earthly, temple is in view.
3. 2 Samuel 22:7 tn Heb “and my cry for help [entered] his ears.”