Psalms Chapter 68 verse 12 Holy Bible
Kings of armies flee, they flee; And she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
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Kings of armies quickly go in flight: and the women in the houses make a division of their goods.
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Kings of armies flee; they flee, and she that tarrieth at home divideth the spoil.
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Kings of armies did flee apace: and she that tarried at home divided the spoil.
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The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.
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"Kings of armies flee! They flee!" She who waits at home divides the spoil,
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Kings of hosts flee utterly away, And a female inhabitant of the house apportioneth spoil.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 12. - Kings of armies did flee apace; literally, did flee - did flee; i.e. fled repeatedly before Israel (see Joshua 8:19-22; Joshua 10:19, 20; Joshua 11:8, 9; Judges 3:10, 29; Judges 4:14-16; Judges 7:19-25; Judges 8:11, 12; Judges 11:29-33; Judges 15:14-16; 1 Samuel 7:10, 11; 1 Samuel 11:11; 1 Samuel 14:47, 48; 1 Samuel 15:7, 8; 1 Samuel 17:52; 2 Samuel 5:17-25; 2 Samuel 8:1, 2, 4, 5, 13; 2 Samuel 10:6-18, etc.). And she that tarried at home divided the spoil. The wives of the conquerors shared in the spoil when it was brought home (Judges 5:28-30).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(12) Kings of armies did flee apace.--Better, Kings of armies flee, flee. This and the two next verses wear the air of being a fragment of those ancient battle-songs sung by the women after the defeat of the foe. The fact that they have thus been torn from their original context accounts for the great obscurity which hangs over them.And she that tarried . . .--i.e., the woman keeping the house; so the Hebrew. (Comp. Judges 5:24, "Women of the tent;" and the fond anticipations of Sisera's mother, Psalm 68:29.) So the Greeks called the mistress of the house ????????. (Eur. Herc. Fur. 45.)Though this sense thus gives a general description of war, and the women waiting eagerly for the victorious home-coming is a picture true to life, yet the next verse indicates that we must suppose a latent reference to some tribe or party who shirked the dangers of battle, and played the part of the stay-at-home.
