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Psalms 83:8
8Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude
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
6these Edomites and Ishmaelites; Moabites and Hagrites; 7Gebalites, Ammonites, and Amalekites; and people from Philistia and Tyre. Assyria has joined them, too, and is allied with the descendants of Lot. Interlude 9Do to them as you did to the Midianites and as you did to Sisera and Jabin at the Kishon River. 10They were destroyed at Endor, and their decaying corpses fertilized the soil.
Read all of Psalms 83Psalms 83:8 word by word
גַּם־אַ֭שּׁוּר נִלְוָ֣ה עִמָּ֑ם הָ֤י֥וּ זְר֖וֹעַ לִבְנֵי־ל֣וֹט סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 83:8
- Genesis 10:11From there he expanded his territory to Assyria, building the cities of Nineveh, Rehoboth-ir, Calah,
- Genesis 25:3Jokshan was the father of Sheba and Dedan. Dedan’s descendants were the Asshurites, Letushites, and Leummites.
- Isaiah 33:2But Lord, be merciful to us, for we have waited for you. Be our strong arm each day and our salvation in times of trouble.
- Genesis 19:37When the older daughter gave birth to a son, she named him Moab. He became the ancestor of the nation now known as the Moabites.
- Deuteronomy 2:9the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
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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