Text -- 2 Samuel 22:45 (NET)

22:45 Foreigners are powerless before me; when they hear of my exploits, they submit to me.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 2Sa 22:45

¹ tn For the meaning “to be weak; to be powerless” for the verb כָּחַשׁ (kakhash), see Ps 109:24. Verse 46, which also mentions foreigners, favors this interpretation. Another option is to translate “cower in fear” (see Deut 33:29; Pss 66:3; 81:15).

² tn Heb “at a report of an ear they submit to me.” The report of David’s exploits is so impressive that those who hear it submit to his rulership without putting up a fight.