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Psalm 83:7
Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
5For they have conspired together with one mind. They form an alliance against you.
6The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab, and the Hagrites;
7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
8Assyria also is joined with them. They have helped the children of Lot. Selah.
9Do to them as you did to Midian, as to Sisera, as to Jabin, at the river Kishon;
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Gebal, Ammon, Amalek, Philistia, and Tyre form a crowded list of opponents, making the alliance against God and his people concrete and hard to overlook.
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Joshua 13:5and the land of the Gebalites, and all Lebanon, toward the sunrise, from Baal Gad under Mount Hermon to the entrance of Hamath;Psalm 83 names Gebal among the allies; Joshua names the land of the Gebalites in a list of territories.
Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.Amalek appears in the psalm’s alliance against God and in Exodus as an attacker of Israel at Rephidim.
Ezekiel 27:9The old men of Gebal and its wise men were your repairers of ship seams in you. All the ships of the sea with their mariners were in you to deal in your …Both passages name Gebal, with the psalm listing an ally in opposition and Ezekiel describing its skilled ship repairers.
Ezekiel 27:3and tell Tyre, ‘You who dwell at the entry of the sea, who are the merchant of the peoples to many islands, the Lord GOD says: “You, Tyre, have said, ‘I am …Both passages name Tyre’s inhabitants, describing their place in an alliance in the psalm and their maritime trade in Ezekiel.
Numbers 13:29Amalek dwells in the land of the South. The Hittite, the Jebusite, and the Amorite dwell in the hill country. The Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along the …Both passages name Amalek among other peoples; Numbers locates Amalek in the South, while the psalm lists Amalek among allies.
1 Kings 5:18Solomon’s builders and Hiram’s builders and the Gebalites cut them, and prepared the timber and the stones to build the house.Gebal and the Gebalites provide the verbal link, appearing in an opposing alliance here and in construction work in Kings.
1 Samuel 15:2The LORD of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way when he came up out of Egypt.Both passages associate Amalek with opposition to Israel, and Samuel recalls that hostility during Israel’s departure from Egypt.
Amos 1:9The LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment; because they delivered up the whole community to Edom, …Tyre appears in the psalm’s hostile alliance, while Amos names its betrayal of a community delivered to Edom.
1 Samuel 4:1The word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out against the Philistines to battle, and encamped beside Ebenezer; and the Philistines encamped in …Philistia appears among the psalm’s allies against God; Samuel describes Israel and the Philistines gathering for battle.
Jeremiah 49:1Of the children of Ammon. The LORD says: “Has Israel no sons? Has he no heir? Why then does Malcam possess Gad, and his people dwell in its cities?Ammon is named in both passages, among the psalm’s opponents and in Jeremiah’s challenge over possession of Gad.
Ezekiel 25:15“‘The Lord GOD says: “Because the Philistines have taken revenge, and have taken vengeance with contempt of soul to destroy with perpetual hostility,”Both texts portray Philistine hostility: membership in an opposing alliance in the psalm, and destructive vengeance in Ezekiel.
Ezekiel 26:2“Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken! She who was the gateway of the peoples has been returned to me. I will be …Tyre joins the hostile alliance in the psalm and speaks with delight over Jerusalem’s ruin in Ezekiel.
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