Psalm 48:4
New International Version
When the kings joined forces, when they advanced together,

New Living Translation
The kings of the earth joined forces and advanced against the city.

English Standard Version
For behold, the kings assembled; they came on together.

Berean Standard Bible
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

King James Bible
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

New King James Version
For behold, the kings assembled, They passed by together.

New American Standard Bible
For, behold, the kings arrived, They passed by together.

NASB 1995
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

NASB 1977
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

Legacy Standard Bible
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

Amplified Bible
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They [came and] passed by together.

Christian Standard Bible
Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look! The kings assembled; they advanced together.

American Standard Version
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They passed by together.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
For behold, Kings were prepared and they passed by together

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For, behold the kings of the earth were assembled, they came together.

Contemporary English Version
Kings joined forces to attack the city,

Douay-Rheims Bible
For behold the kings of the earth assembled themselves: they gathered together.

English Revised Version
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The kings have gathered. They marched together.

Good News Translation
The kings gathered together and came to attack Mount Zion.

International Standard Version
Behold, when the kings assembled together, when they traveled together,

JPS Tanakh 1917
For, lo, the kings assembled themselves, They came onward together.

Literal Standard Version
For behold, the kings met, they passed by together,

Majority Standard Bible
For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together.

New American Bible
See! The kings assembled, together they advanced.

NET Bible
For look, the kings assemble; they advance together.

New Revised Standard Version
Then the kings assembled, they came on together.

New Heart English Bible
For, look, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

Webster's Bible Translation
For lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

World English Bible
For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together.

Young's Literal Translation
For, lo, the kings met, they passed by together,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Broken Bondage
3God is in her citadels; He has shown Himself to be a fortress. 4For behold, the kings assembled; they all advanced together. 5They saw and were astounded; they fled in terror.…

Cross References
2 Samuel 10:6
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.

2 Kings 7:7
Thus the Arameans had arisen and fled at twilight, abandoning their tents and horses and donkeys. The camp was intact, and they had run for their lives.

Psalm 2:2
The kings of the earth take their stand and the rulers gather together, against the LORD and against His Anointed One:


Treasury of Scripture

For, see, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

Psalm 83:2-8
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head…

2 Samuel 10:6,14,16-19
And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Bethrehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ishtob twelve thousand men…

Isaiah 7:1
And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it.

Jump to Previous
Advanced Agreement Assembled Forces Joined Kings Met Onward Passed Themselves Together
Jump to Next
Advanced Agreement Assembled Forces Joined Kings Met Onward Passed Themselves Together
Psalm 48
1. The ornaments and privileges of the church














(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. . . .

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

behold,
הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the kings
הַ֭מְּלָכִים (ham·mə·lā·ḵîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4428: A king

assembled;
נֽוֹעֲד֑וּ (nō·w·‘ă·ḏū)
Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3259: To fix upon, to meet, to summon, to direct, to engage

they all advanced
עָבְר֥וּ (‘ā·ḇə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 5674: To pass over, through, or by, pass on

together.
יַחְדָּֽו׃ (yaḥ·dāw)
Adverb
Strong's 3162: A unit, unitedly


Links
Psalm 48:4 NIV
Psalm 48:4 NLT
Psalm 48:4 ESV
Psalm 48:4 NASB
Psalm 48:4 KJV

Psalm 48:4 BibleApps.com
Psalm 48:4 Biblia Paralela
Psalm 48:4 Chinese Bible
Psalm 48:4 French Bible
Psalm 48:4 Catholic Bible

OT Poetry: Psalm 48:4 For behold the kings assembled themselves they (Psalm Ps Psa.)
Psalm 48:3
Top of Page
Top of Page