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Psalm 68:14
When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
12“Kings of armies flee! They flee!” She who waits at home divides the plunder,
13while you sleep among the camp fires, the wings of a dove sheathed with silver, her feathers with shining gold.
14When the Almighty scattered kings in her, it snowed on Zalmon.
15The mountains of Bashan are majestic mountains. The mountains of Bashan are rugged.
16Why do you look in envy, you rugged mountains, at the mountain where God chooses to reign? Yes, the LORD will dwell there forever.
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Snow on Zalmon appears in a song of fleeing kings and divided plunder, where the Almighty’s power unsettles the apparent strength of rulers.
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Judges 9:48Abimelech went up to Mount Zalmon, he and all the people who were with him; and Abimelech took an ax in his hand, and cut down a bough from the trees, and took …Both name Zalmon: Judges describes Abimelech cutting a branch there, while the psalm speaks of snow when the Almighty scattered kings.
Psalm 68:1For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. A song. Let God arise! Let his enemies be scattered! Let them who hate him also flee before him.The opening prayer asks God to scatter his enemies; verse 14 recounts the Almighty scattering kings.
Isaiah 1:18“Come now, and let’s reason together,” says the LORD: “Though your sins are as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, they …Both mention snow, though Isaiah uses its whiteness to speak about sins, while the psalm connects snowfall with scattered kings.
Psalm 110:5The Lord is at your right hand. He will crush kings in the day of his wrath.Both portray divine power defeating kings: the Almighty scatters them in Psalm 68, and the Lord crushes them in Psalm 110.
Mark 9:3His clothing became glistening, exceedingly white, like snow, such as no launderer on earth can whiten them.Snow is the shared detail: Mark compares clothing to its whiteness, while the psalm describes snow on Zalmon.
Judges 2:7The people served the LORD all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of the LORD that he had …Both recall God’s great acts; Judges leaves those works unnamed here, while the psalm specifies the scattering of kings.
Psalm 51:7Purify me with hyssop, and I will be clean. Wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.Both mention snow, but Psalm 51 uses its whiteness in a plea for cleansing, while Psalm 68 describes a military defeat.
Joshua 10:10–43The LORD confused them before Israel. He killed them with a great slaughter at Gibeon, and chased them by the way of the ascent of Beth Horon, and struck them …Both attribute military defeat to God: the Almighty scatters kings, and the LORD throws Israel’s opponents into confusion and strikes them.
Revelation 19:14–21Both use the language of warfare; Psalm 68 names defeated kings, while Revelation describes heaven’s mounted armies.
Jeremiah 2:3Israel was holiness to the LORD, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says the LORD.”Both describe divine judgment against opponents: kings are scattered in the psalm, and those who devour Israel face punishment in Jeremiah.
Joshua 12:1–24Now these are the kings of the land, whom the children of Israel struck, and possessed their land beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise, from the valley of the …Both recount defeated kings; Joshua introduces rulers whose lands Israel took, while the psalm credits the Almighty with scattering kings.
Numbers 21:3The LORD listened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their cities. The name of the place was called …Both attribute victory to God; Numbers records the destruction of Canaanites and their cities, while the psalm recounts scattered kings.
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