God’s Word Translation
Psalms 83:7
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre.
Psalms 83:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- New International Version (NIV)Byblos, Ammon and Amalek, Philistia, with the people of Tyre.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
Context of Psalms 83:7
5They agree completely on their plan. They form an alliance against you: 6the tents from Edom and Ishmael, Moab and Hagar, Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek, Philistia, along with those who live in Tyre. 8Even Assyria has joined them. They helped the descendants of Lot. Selah 9Do to them what you did to Midian, to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River.
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גְּבָ֣ל וְ֭עַמּוֹן וַעֲמָלֵ֑ק פְּ֝לֶ֗שֶׁת עִם־יֹ֥שְׁבֵי צֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:7
- Joshua 13:5It also includes the land of the people of Gebal, all Lebanon eastward from Baal Gad at the foot of Mount Hermon to the border of Hamath.
- Ezekiel 27:9Master shipbuilders from Gebal went inside you to caulk your seams. All the ships on the sea and their sailors docked alongside you to trade with you.
Commentaries on Psalms 83:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Gebal - The Giblites, who were probably the persons here designed, were a tribe of the ancient inhabitants of the land of Canaan, and are mentioned as unconquered at the death of Joshua, Joshua 13:5. They are called stone-squarers or Giblites, 1 Kings 5:18, and were of considerable assistance to Hiram king of Tyre, in preparing timber and stones for the building of the temple. They appear to have been eminent in the days of Ezekiel, who terms them the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Gebal - The Gebal here referred to was probably the same as Gebalene, the mountainous tract inhabited by the Edomites, extending from the Dead Sea southward toward Petra, and still called by the Arabs Djebal (Gesenius, Lexicon) The word means mountain. Those who are here referred to were a part of the people of Edom. And Ammon - The word Ammon means son of my people. Ammon was the son of Lot by his youngest daughter, Genesis 19:38. The Ammonites…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Gebal, also known as Byblos, was on the coast of Lebanon. The Amalekites lived south of Israel in the Negev desert. Philistia was southwest of Judah, near the Mediterranean Sea. Tyre was a port city on the Mediterranean Sea, northwest of Israel.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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