Even Assyria has joined them, lending strength to the sons of Lot. Selah
Parallel translations
- WEB Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
- KJV Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- NKJV Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
- NASB Assyria also has joined them; They have become a help to the children of Lot. Selah
- NLT Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude
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Quick answer
Even mighty Assyria has joined to strengthen the descendants of Lot. The most powerful empire lends its force to the alliance.
Overview
The addition of Assyria, the dominant power of the region, gives muscle to Moab and Ammon (the children of Lot). This completes a formidable picture of overwhelming odds. The 'Selah' invites pause to weigh the gravity, and to remember that no earthly power can match the LORD of Armies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Deut 2:9Then the LORD said to me, “Do not harass the Moabites or provoke them to war, for I will not give you any of their land, because I have given Ar to the descendants of Lot as their possession.”
- 2 Kgs 15:19Then Pul king of Assyria invaded the land, and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver in order to gain his support and strengthen his own grip on the kingdom.
- Gen 19:37–38The older daughter gave birth to a son and named him Moab. He is the father of the Moabites of today.
- Gen 10:11From that land he went forth into Assyria, where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir, Calah,
- Isa 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
- Gen 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. And the sons of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites, and the Leummites.
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