NETBible KJV GRK-HEB XRef Arts Hymns
  Discovery Box

Psalms 83:6-8

Context

83:6 It includes 1  the tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites,

Moab and the Hagrites, 2 

83:7 Gebal, 3  Ammon, and Amalek,

Philistia and the inhabitants of Tyre. 4 

83:8 Even Assyria has allied with them,

lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. 5  (Selah)

1 tn The words “it includes” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

2 sn The Hagrites are also mentioned in 1 Chr 5:10, 19-20.

3 sn Some identify Gebal with the Phoenician coastal city of Byblos (see Ezek 27:9, where the name is spelled differently), though others locate this site south of the Dead Sea (see BDB 148 s.v. גְּבַל; HALOT 174 s.v. גְּבַל).

4 map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

5 tn Heb “they are an arm for the sons of Lot.” The “arm” is here a symbol of military might.

sn The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and Ammonites.



TIP #18: Strengthen your daily devotional life with NET Bible Daily Reading Plan. [ALL]
created in 0.11 seconds
powered by bible.org