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Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan,
Psalms 135:11 · World English Bible
Parallel translations
  • KJV Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
  • BSB Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.
  • NKJV Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan—
  • NASB Sihon, king of the Amorites, Og, king of Bashan, And all the kingdoms of Canaan;
  • NLT Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

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Quick answer

Sihon, Og, and all the kingdoms of Canaan fell before Yahweh, naming specific victories of the conquest.

Overview

By naming Sihon, Og, and the Canaanite kingdoms, the psalmist roots Israel's praise in concrete historical deliverance rather than vague memory. These defeated kings were proof that God keeps His covenant promises to give His people their inheritance. Such faithfulness assures believers that the God who fulfilled His word to Israel will fulfill every promise in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 6

  • Josh 12:7–24These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
  • Neh 9:22Moreover you gave them kingdoms and peoples, which you allotted according to their portions. So they possessed the land of Sihon, even the land of the king of Heshbon, and the land of Og king of Bashan.
  • Deut 29:7When you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us to battle, and we struck them.
  • Num 21:21–35Israel sent messengers to Sihon king of the Amorites, saying,
  • Deut 2:30But Sihon king of Heshbon would not let us pass by him; for Yahweh your God hardened his spirit, and made his heart obstinate, that he might deliver him into your hand, as it is today.
  • Josh 10:1–12Now when Adoni-Zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai. and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them.

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Christ at the center

The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.

How Psalms 135:11 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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