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For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
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God's Miraculous Defense
Commentators agree this verse describes a historical event where a coalition of enemy kings gathered to attack Jerusalem but were miraculously thwarted. While scholars debate the specific battle, the point is clear: God directly intervened to protect His city. The kings' powerful assembly for war ended in a sudden, failed procession, demonstrating God's power to defend His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For, look, the kings were assembled - There is evidently an allusion here to some fact that had occurred; some gathering of kings and their …
19th Century
Anglican
The kings. — With the striking picture of the advance and sudden collapse of a hostile expedition that follows, compare Isaiah 10:…
Baptist
For, lo, the kings were assembled,
The adversaries, who boasted that they would destroy Jerusalem: the kings were assembled,
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16th Century
Protestant
For, behold! the kings assembled. Here, that special deliverance of which I have spoken is touched upon. The prophet relates how, when the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
For, lo, the kings were assembled As the princes of the Philistines to seek for David, when in the strong hold of Zi…
Jerusalem is the city of our God: none on earth render Him due honor except the citizens of the spiritual Jerusalem. Happy is the kingdom, the city…
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13th Century
Catholic
1. Previously, the psalmist invited the nations to sing to God about God’s favors; here, he describes the great joy of the people or the cit…
