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Psalms 83:8
8Even the Assyrian army has joined with them. They have given strength to Lot's descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites. Selah.
Psalms 83:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah.
- New International Version (NIV)Even Assyria has joined them to reinforce Lot’s descendants.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Asshur also has joined them; they are the strong arm of the children of Lot. Selah
- New King James Version (NKJV)Assyria also has joined with them; They have helped the children of Lot. Selah
Context of Psalms 83:8
6Those enemies are Edomites and Ishmaelites, Moabites and Hagrites. 7They also come from Gebal, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia and Tyre. Even the Assyrian army has joined with them. They have given strength to Lot's descendants, the Moabites and the Ammonites. Selah. 9God, punish them as you punished Midian. Do what you did to Sisera and Jabin at the River Kishon. 10You destroyed them at Endor. Their bodies remained on the ground, like dirt.
Read all of Psalms 83Psalms 83:8 word by word
גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 83:8
- Genesis 10:11From that land he went to Assyria. This is where he built Nineveh, Rehoboth-Ir and Calah.
- Genesis 25:3Jokshan later became the father of Sheba and Dedan. The descendants of Dedan were the Asshurites, the Letushites and the Leummites.
- Isaiah 33:2Lord, please be kind to us. We wait for you to help us. Make us strong every day. Rescue us when trouble happens.
- Genesis 19:37The older daughter gave birth to a son. She called him Moab. He became the ancestor of the Moabites.
- Deuteronomy 2:9Then the Lord said to me, ‘Do not make the people of Moab angry. Do not start a fight against them. I will not give any part of their land to you. I have given Ar to Lot's descendants to be their city.’
Commentaries on Psalms 83:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Asser also is joined - The Ammonites might have got those auxiliaries from beyond the Euphrates, against Jehosphaphat, as formerly they were brought against David. See 2 Samuel 10:16. They have holpen the children of Lot - The Ammonites, who appear to have been the chief instigators in this war.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Assur also is joined with them - Assyria. Assyria was on the northeast of Palestine. The conspirators had secured, it seems, the aid of this powerful kingdom, and they felt confident of success. They have holpen the children of Lot - The sons, or the descendants of Lot. The margin is, as the Hebrew, “been an arm to.” That is, they were an aid, or help; in other words, the sons of Lot were permitted, as it were, to make use of the arm of these powerful…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8Assyria was located northeast of Israel and north of the Persian Gulf. Lot's descendants were the Moabites and the Ammonites (Psalm 83:6–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-86-8. tabernacles--for people (Psa 78:67). they--all these united with the children of Lot, or Ammonites and Moabites (compare 2Ch 20:1).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 83
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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