2 Samuel 22:9 (GNV)

Passage

Smoke went out at his nostrels, and consuming fire out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat.

Nearby Context

2 Samuel 22:7 But in my tribulation did I call vpon the Lord, and crie to my God, and he did heare my voyce out of his temple, and my crie did enter into his eares.

2 Samuel 22:8 Then the earth trembled and quaked: the foundations of the heauens mooued and shooke, because he was angrie.

2 Samuel 22:9 Smoke went out at his nostrels, and consuming fire out of his mouth: coles were kindled thereat.

2 Samuel 22:10 He bowed the heauens also, and came downe, and darkenes was vnder his feete.

2 Samuel 22:11 And he rode vpon Cherub and did flie, and hee was seene vpon the winges of the winde.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "smoke", "went", "nostrels", "consuming", "fire", "mouth", "coles", and "kindled". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "smoke" and "went", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 8's "Then the earth trembled and quaked the..." into verse 10's "He bowed the heauens also and came...", so "smoke" and "went" belong inside that flow. In 2 Samuel context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "smoke" and "went" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.