For, lo, the kings were assembled,.... As the princes of the Philistines to seek for David, when in the strong hold of Zion, 2Sa 5:17; as the Ethiopians in the time of Asa, 2Ch 14:9; and the Moabites and Ammonites in the times of Jehoshaphat, 2Ch 20:1; and the kings of Syria and Israel in the times of Ahaz, Isa 7:1; and Sennacherib with his princes, who, in his esteem, were kings, in the times of Hezekiah, 2Ki 18:17; which are instances of the kings, of the nations' gathering together against Zion, the city of Jerusalem, and people of the Jews, who were typical of the church of Christ; and that without success, and to their own confusion and destruction; though this seems to refer to the latter day of the Gospel dispensation, when all the kings of the earth, Pagan, Papal, and Mahometan, will be gathered together at the instigation of Satan, to the battle of the great day of the Lord God Almighty, in a place called Armageddon, where they will be defeated by Christ the King of kings, Re 16:13.
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Psalms 48:4
Psalms 48:4
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