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When the Almighty scattered kings in her, It snowed on Zalmon.
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God's Decisive Victory
Commentators explain that this verse celebrates God's absolute power in defeating enemy kings, likely during the conquest of Canaan. The image of "snow in Zalmon" is a powerful simile. Just as snow is driven helplessly by the wind, God's enemies are scattered before Him. His victory is swift, total, and irresistible.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
When the Almighty scattered kings in it - The Hebrew here is, “In the scattering of (that is, by) the Almighty of kings.” The reference is t…
19th Century
Anglican
The agreement of the ancient versions in rendering these difficult verses shows that their obscurity does not arise, as in the case of so many pass…
Baptist
Driven from the bare, bleak mountain-side in gusts like feathers, the snow flies before the wind; and so, when God scatters the mighty, they cannot…
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16th Century
Protestant
When the Almighty scattered kings in it. We might read extended, or divided kings, etc., and then the allusion would be …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
When the Almighty scattered kings in it His inheritance, his congregation, the church, (Psalms 68:9[Reference…
Fresh mercies should remind us of former mercies. If God brings His people into a wilderness, He will be sure to go before them in it and to bring …
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