Psalms Chapter 48 verse 4 Holy Bible

ASV Psalms 48:4

For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
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BBE Psalms 48:4

For see! the kings came together by agreement, they were joined together.
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DARBY Psalms 48:4

For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
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KJV Psalms 48:4

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
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WBT Psalms 48:4

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
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WEB Psalms 48:4

For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
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YLT Psalms 48:4

For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 4. - For lo, the kings were assembled; they passed by together. Some see in these "kings" Sennacherib's princes, who, according to him (Isaiah 10:8), were "altogether kings." But actual monarchs, each leading his own army, seem rather to be intended.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(4) The kings.--With the striking picture of the advance and sudden collapse of a hostile expedition that follows, comp. Isaiah 10:28-34; possibly of the very same event.The kings.--Evidently known to the writer, but, alas! matter of merest conjecture to us. Some suppose the kings of Ammon, Moab, and Edom, who attacked Jehoshaphat (2Chronicles 20:25); others, the tributary princes of Sennacherib. In his annals, as lately deciphered, this monarch speaks of setting up tributary kings or viceroys in Chaldaea, Phoenicia, and Philistia, after conquering these countries. (See Assyrian Discoveries, by George Smith, p. 303.) Others again, referring the psalm to the time of Ahaz, understand Pekah and Rezin (2Kings 15:37). The touches, vivid as they are, of the picture, are not so historically defined as to allow a settlement of the question.Assembled.--Used of the muster of confederate forces (Joshua 11:5).Passed by--i.e., marched by. So, according to the time reading, the LXX. A frequent military term (Judges 11:29; 2Kings 8:21; Isaiah 8:8). Others, "passed away," but it is doubtful if the verb can have this meaning. . . .