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Selected Verse: Psalms 48:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 48:4 |
Strong Concordance |
For, lo, the kings [04428] were assembled [03259], they passed by [05674] together [03162]. |
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King James |
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| For--The reason is given. Though the kings (perhaps of Moab and Ammon, compare Psa 83:3-5) combined, a conviction of God's presence with His people, evinced by the unusual courage with which the prophets (compare Ch2 20:12-20) had inspired them, seized on their minds, and smitten with sudden and intense alarm, they fled astonished. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
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, Ch2 20:1, Ch2 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 Ch2 20:22-25. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The kings - Either those kings confederate against Jehoshaphat, Ch2 20:1, or the Assyrian princes; whom they vain - gloriously called kings, Isa 10:8. Passed - In their march towards Jerusalem. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| For, lo, the kings were assembled - Many of the neighboring 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 to travail. Those who came to destroy were glad to make their own escape. |
12 O our God [0430], wilt thou not judge [08199] them? for we have no might [03581] against [06440] this great [07227] company [01995] that cometh [0935] against us; neither know [03045] we [0587] what to do [06213]: but our eyes [05869] are upon thee.
13 And all Judah [03063] stood [05975] before [06440] the LORD [03068], with [01571] their little ones [02945], their wives [0802], and their children [01121].
14 Then upon Jahaziel [03166] the son [01121] of Zechariah [02148], the son [01121] of Benaiah [01141], the son [01121] of Jeiel [03273], the son [01121] of Mattaniah [04983], a Levite [03881] of the sons [01121] of Asaph [0623], came the Spirit [07307] of the LORD [03068] in the midst [08432] of the congregation [06951];
15 And he said [0559], Hearken [07181] ye, all Judah [03063], and ye inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389], and thou king [04428] Jehoshaphat [03092], Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] unto you, Be not afraid [03372] nor dismayed [02865] by reason [06440] of this great [07227] multitude [01995]; for the battle [04421] is not yours, but God's [0430].
16 To morrow [04279] go ye down [03381] against them: behold, they come up [05927] by the cliff [04608] of Ziz [06732]; and ye shall find [04672] them at the end [05490] of the brook [05158], before [06440] the wilderness [04057] of Jeruel [03385].
17 Ye shall not need to fight [03898] in this [02063] battle: set [03320] yourselves, stand [05975] ye still, and see [07200] the salvation [03444] of the LORD [03068] with you, O Judah [03063] and Jerusalem [03389]: fear [03372] not, nor be dismayed [02865]; to morrow [04279] go out [03318] against [06440] them: for the LORD [03068] will be with you.
18 And Jehoshaphat [03092] bowed [06915] his head with his face [0639] to the ground [0776]: and all Judah [03063] and the inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389] fell [05307] before [06440] the LORD [03068], worshipping [07812] the LORD [03068].
19 And the Levites [03881], of the children [01121] of the Kohathites [06956], and of the children [01121] of the Korhites [07145], stood up [06965] to praise [01984] the LORD [03068] God [0430] of Israel [03478] with a loud [01419] voice [06963] on high [04605].
20 And they rose early [07925] in the morning [01242], and went forth [03318] into the wilderness [04057] of Tekoa [08620]: and as they went forth [03318], Jehoshaphat [03092] stood [05975] and said [0559], Hear [08085] me, O Judah [03063], and ye inhabitants [03427] of Jerusalem [03389]; Believe [0539] in the LORD [03068] your God [0430], so shall ye be established [0539]; believe [0539] his prophets [05030], so shall ye prosper [06743].
3 They have taken crafty [06191] counsel [05475] against thy people [05971], and consulted [03289] against thy hidden ones [06845].
4 They have said [0559], Come [03212], and let us cut them off [03582] from being a nation [01471]; that the name [08034] of Israel [03478] may be no more in remembrance [02142].
5 For they have consulted [03289] together [03162] with one consent [03820]: they are [03772] confederate [01285] against thee:
22 And when [06256] they began [02490] to sing [07440] and to praise [08416], the LORD [03068] set [05414] ambushments [0693] against the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], Moab [04124], and mount [02022] Seir [08165], which were come [0935] against Judah [03063]; and they were smitten [05062].
23 For the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] and Moab [04124] stood up [05975] against the inhabitants [03427] of mount [02022] Seir [08165], utterly to slay [02763] and destroy [08045] them: and when they had made an end [03615] of the inhabitants [03427] of Seir [08165], every one [0376] helped [05826] to destroy [04889] another [07453].
24 And when Judah [03063] came [0935] toward the watch tower [04707] [04708] in the wilderness [04057], they looked [06437] unto the multitude [01995], and, behold, they were dead bodies [06297] fallen [05307] to the earth [0776], and none escaped [06413].
25 And when Jehoshaphat [03092] and his people [05971] came [0935] to take away [0962] the spoil [07998] of them, they found [04672] among them in abundance [07230] both riches [07399] with the dead bodies [06297], and precious [02532] jewels [03627], which they stripped off [05337] for themselves, more than [0369] they could carry away [04853]: and they were three [07969] days [03117] in gathering [0962] of the spoil [07998], it was so much [07227].
10 And now, behold, the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] and Moab [04124] and mount [02022] Seir [08165], whom thou wouldest not let [05414] Israel [03478] invade [0935], when they came out [0935] of the land [0776] of Egypt [04714], but they turned [05493] from them, and destroyed [08045] them not;
1 It came to pass after this [0310] also, that the children [01121] of Moab [04124], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and with them other beside the Ammonites [05984], came [0935] against Jehoshaphat [03092] to battle [04421].
8 For he saith [0559], Are not my princes [08269] altogether [03162] kings [04428]?
1 It came to pass after this [0310] also, that the children [01121] of Moab [04124], and the children [01121] of Ammon [05983], and with them other beside the Ammonites [05984], came [0935] against Jehoshaphat [03092] to battle [04421].