2 Samuel 22:38 Cross References - ISV

³⁸ I pursued my enemies and conquered them; I didn’t return until they were consumed.

¹⁸ Meanwhile, the Philistines arrived and encamped in the Rephaim Valley, ¹⁹ so David asked the LORD, “Am I to go attack the Philistines? Will you give me victory over them?”
“Go get them,” the LORD replied to David, “because I’m going to put the Philistines right into your hand!”
²⁰ So David went to Baal-perazim and defeated them there. He called the place Baal-perazim, because he said, “Like a bursting flood, the LORD has jumped out in front of me to fight my enemies.” ²¹ The Philistines abandoned their idols there, and David and his army carried them off.
²² Later, the Philistines once again marched out and encamped in the Rephaim Valley. ²³ When David asked the LORD about it, he said, “Don’t attack them directly. Instead, go around to the rear and attack them opposite those balsam trees. ²⁴ When you hear the sound of marching coming from the tops of the balsam trees, then be sure to act quickly, since the LORD will have gone out ahead of you to cut down the Philistine army.” ²⁵ So David did exactly what the LORD ordered him to do, and he struck down the Philistines from Geba to Gezer.

¹ David’s Military Victories
Sometime later, David defeated and subdued the Philistines, taking Metheg-ammah away from the Philistines. ² David also conquered Moab, then measured them with a cord, making them lie down on the ground. He executed everyone measured out in each two lengths’ measurement of the cord, but spared the ones measured out by every third length. Then the Moabites were placed under servitude to David, and made to pay tribute.

¹³ David made a name for himself when he returned from killing 18,000 Edomites in the Salt Valley. ¹⁴ He erected garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became subservient to David, while the LORD gave victory to David wherever he went.

¹⁴ When the Ammonites saw the Arameans retreating, they also retreated from Abishai back to the city. Then Joab broke off his attack against the Ammonites and went back to Jerusalem.

⁸ Your hand will find all your enemies, your right hand will find those who hate you. ⁹ When you appear, you will set them ablaze like a fire furnace. In his wrath, the LORD will consume them, and the fire will devour them.

³⁷ In all these things we are triumphantly victorious due to the one who loved us.