Psalms 48:4
2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth, like the peaks of Zaphon is Mount Zion, the city of the great King.
3 God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress.
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
5 They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.
6 Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.
- KJV
- For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
- WEB
- For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.
- ASV
- For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.
- DARBY
- For behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together;
- BLB
- For behold, the kings assembled; they passed over together.
- ÅB
- For se, kongene samlet seg, de dro fram tilsammen.
- OTB
- Se, kongene samlet seg,
De rykket frem sammen. - B1930
- For se, kongene samlet sig, de drog frem tilsammen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 20:8–9
and will go out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth—Gog and Magog—to assemble them for battle. Their number is like the sand of the seashore.
Read in context2 Samuel 10:6–19
When the Ammonites realized that they had become a stench to David, they hired twenty thousand Aramean foot soldiers from Beth-rehob and Zoba, as well as a thousand men from the king of Maacah and twelve thousand men from Tob.
Read in contextRevelation 17:12–14
The ten horns you saw are ten kings who have not yet received a kingdom, but will receive one hour of authority as kings, along with the beast.
Read in contextIsaiah 7:1
Now in the days that Ahaz son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, was king of Judah, Rezin king of Aram marched up to wage war against Jerusalem. He was accompanied by Pekah son of Remaliah the king of Israel, but he could not overpower the city.
Read in contextIsaiah 29:5–8
But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,
Read in contextIsaiah 10:8
“Are not all my commanders kings?” he says.
Read in contextRevelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:8–10
It will pour into Judah, swirling and sweeping over it, reaching up to the neck; its spreading streams will cover your entire land, O Immanuel!
Read in context