of Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, of Philistia with the people of Tyre.
Parallel translations
- WEB Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- KJV Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- NKJV Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- NASB Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- NLT Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre.
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Quick answer
The list continues with Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre. A wide array of nations has joined the hostile alliance.
Overview
More enemies are named, spanning surrounding regions and peoples with histories of conflict against Israel. The breadth of the coalition magnifies the apparent danger. Yet by laying out the full threat before God, the psalmist entrusts an overwhelming situation to the One who is greater than them all.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Josh 13:5the land of the Gebalites; and all Lebanon to the east, from Baal-gad below Mount Hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- Ezek 27:3Tell Tyre, who dwells at the gateway to the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coasts, that this is what the Lord GOD says: You have said, O Tyre, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’
- Ezek 27:9The elders of Gebal were aboard as shipwrights, repairing your leaks. All the ships of the sea and their sailors came alongside to barter for your merchandise.
- Amos 1:9This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- 1 Sam 4:1Thus the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now the Israelites went out to meet the Philistines in battle and camped at Ebenezer, while the Philistines camped at Aphek.
- 1 Sam 15:2This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.
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