the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Psalms 48:4
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Look! The kings assembled;they advanced together.
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together.
For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together.
For, behold, the kings arrived, They passed by together.
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
For lo, the Kings were gathered, and went together.
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves,They passed by together.
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
Kings joined forces to attack the city,
In its citadels God has been revealed as a strong defense.
For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
Once some kings met together and planned an attack against this city. They marched toward the city,
For, lo, the kings were prepared, and they passed by together.
The kings gathered together and came to attack Mount Zion.
For see, the kings assembled; they advanced together.
For, lo, the kings met together; they passed by together;
For lo, kynges are gathered, and gone by together.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.
God in her palaces hath made Himself known for a stronghold.
For loe, the kings were assembled: they passed by together.
For lo kinges did assemble, and passe by together:
For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
For lo! the kyngis of erthe weren gaderid togidere; thei camen into o place.
For, look, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together.
The kings of the earth joined forces and advanced against the city.
For, see, the kings gathered themselves and went up together.
Then the kings assembled, they came on together.
For lo! Kings - Met as appointed, Passed by together;
(47-5) For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.
For lo, the kings assembled, they came on together.
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
The kings got together, they united and came. They took one look and shook their heads, they scattered and ran away. They doubled up in pain like a woman having a baby.
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
Contextual Overview
A psalm of the sons of Korah.
The Lord is great; he should be praised in the city of our God, on his holy mountain. 2 It is high and beautiful and brings joy to the whole world. Mount Zion is like the high mountains of the north; it is the city of the Great King. 3 God is within its palaces; he is known as its defender. 4 Kings joined together and came to attack the city. 5 But when they saw it, they were amazed. They ran away in fear. 6 Fear took hold of them; they hurt like a woman having a baby. 7 You destroyed the large trading ships with an east wind.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 83:2-8, 2 Samuel 10:6, 2 Samuel 10:14, 2 Samuel 10:16-19, Isaiah 7:1, Isaiah 8:8-10, Isaiah 10:8, Isaiah 29:5-8, Revelation 17:12-14, Revelation 19:20, Revelation 20:8, Revelation 20:9
Reciprocal: Joshua 5:1 - heard Joshua 10:2 - they feared Joshua 10:16 - and hid Judges 5:19 - kings Judges 5:31 - So let 2 Samuel 10:19 - feared 2 Kings 6:11 - Therefore 2 Kings 7:7 - they arose 2 Kings 19:26 - of small power Psalms 2:2 - kings Psalms 76:12 - He shall Isaiah 64:2 - that the nations Jeremiah 21:2 - according Jeremiah 49:37 - to be Lamentations 4:12 - General
Cross-References
I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you. I will make you famous, and you will be a blessing to others.
You live in the land of Canaan now as a stranger, but I will give you and your descendants all this land forever. And I will be the God of your descendants."
Circumcise every baby boy whether he is born in your family or bought as a slave. Your bodies will be marked to show that you are part of my agreement that lasts forever.
I will surely bless you and give you many descendants. They will be as many as the stars in the sky and the sand on the seashore, and they will capture the cities of their enemies.
I will give you many descendants, as hard to count as the stars in the sky, and I will give them all these lands. Through your descendants all the nations on the earth will be blessed.
May God Almighty bless you and give you many children, and may you become a group of many peoples.
You said to me, ‘I will treat you well and will make your children as many as the sand of the seashore. There will be too many to count.'"
God said to him, "I am God Almighty. Have many children and grow in number as a nation. You will be the ancestor of many nations and kings.
Then God said, "I am God, the God of your father. Don't be afraid to go to Egypt, because I will make your descendants a great nation there.
The Israelites continued to live in the land of Goshen in Egypt. There they got possessions and had many children and grew in number.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For, lo, the kings were assembled,.... As the princes of the Philistines to seek for David, when in the strong hold of Zion, 2 Samuel 5:17; as the Ethiopians in the time of Asa, 2 Chronicles 14:9; and the Moabites and Ammonites in the times of Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:1; and the kings of Syria and Israel in the times of Ahaz, Isaiah 7:1; and Sennacherib with his princes, who, in his esteem, were kings, in the times of Hezekiah, 2 Kings 18:17; which are instances of the kings, of the nations' gathering together against Zion, the city of Jerusalem, and people of the Jews, who were typical of the church of Christ; and that without success, and to their own confusion and destruction; though this seems to refer to the latter day of the Gospel dispensation, when all the kings of the earth, Pagan, Papal, and Mahometan, will be gathered together at the instigation of Satan, to the battle of the great day of the Lord God Almighty, in a place called Armageddon, where they will be defeated by Christ the King of kings,
Revelation 16:13. Jarchi and Kimchi interpret the passage of Gog and Magog gathering together to fight against Jerusalem, with which compare Revelation 20:8;
they passed by together; either to the battle, as Jarchi explains it; or they passed by Jerusalem, the city of our God, the church, without entering into it, or doing it any harm.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For, lo, the kings were assembled - There is evidently allusion here to some fact that had occurred; some gathering together of kings and their armies, with a view to besiege or attack Jerusalem. The kings referred to, if the allusion here is, as is supposed, to the time of Jehoshaphat, were the kings of Ammon and of Moab, and of Mount Seir, and perhaps others, not particularly mentioned, who came up against Jehoshaphat, 2 Chronicles 20:1, 2 Chronicles 20:10.
They passed by together - That is, they were smitten with consternation; they were so impressed with the beauty, the majesty, the strength of the city, that they passed along without venturing to attack it. Or, perhaps, the meaning may be, that they were discomfited and overthrown as suddenly “as if” the mere sight of the city had filled their minds with dread, and had made them desist from their intended assault. Compare 2 Chronicles 20:22-25.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 48:4. For, lo, the kings were assembled — Many of the neighbouring potentates, at different times, envied the prosperity of the Jewish nation, and coveted the riches of the temple; but they had no power against it till the cup of Jewish transgression was full. In vain did they assemble - confederate, and invade the land. Saw it - reconnoitered the place; marvelled at its excellence and strength, for they were troubled - struck with fear; hasted away for fear of destruction, for fear took hold on them as pains seize on a woman in travail. Those who came to destroy were glad to make their own escape.
