From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire. ¹ 

biblegateway 2Sa 22:13

"From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.

From the radiance of His presence, flaming coals were ignited.

Out of the brightness in front of him, he made lightning.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:13

Out of the brightness of his presence bolts of lightning blazed forth.

Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

bibleoremus 2Sa 22:13

Out of the brightness before him coals of fire flamed forth.

Thick clouds came from the radiance before him; glowing coals burned brightly.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:13

From the brightness before Him Coals of fire were kindled.

Through the brightness before him were coals of fire kindled.

biblegateway 2Sa 22:13

From the brightness in front of him came coals of fire. ¹ 

¹ tc The parallel text in Ps 18:12 reads “from the brightness in front of him his clouds came, hail and coals of fire.” The Lucianic family of texts within the Greek tradition of 2 Sam 22:13 seems to assume the underlying Hebrew text: מִנֹּגַהּ נֶגְדּוֹ עָבְרוּ בָּרָד וְגַחֲלֵי אֵשׁ (minnogah negdo ’avru barad vÿgakhale ’esh, “from the brightness in front of him came hail and coals of fire”) which is the basis for the present translation. The textual situation is perplexing and the identity of the original text uncertain. The verbs עָבְרוּ (’avÿru; Ps 18:12) and בָּעֲרוּ (ba’aru, 2 Sam 22:13) appear to be variants involving a transposition of the first two letters. The noun עָבָיו (’avav, “his clouds”; Ps 18:12) may be virtually dittographic (note the following עָבְרוּ), or it could have accidentally dropped from the text of 2 Sam 22:13 by virtual haplography (note the preceding בָּעֲרוּ [ba’aru], which might have originally read עָבְרוּ). The term בָּרָד (barad, “hail”; Ps 18:12) may be virtually dittographic (note the preceding עָבְרוּ), or it could have dropped from 2 Sam 22:13 by virtual haplography (note the preceding בָּעֲרוּ, which might have originally read עָבְרוּ). For a fuller discussion of the text, see R. B. Chisholm, “An Exegetical and Theological Study of Psalm 18/2 Samuel 22” (Th.D. diss., Dallas Theological Seminary, 1983), 74-76.