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16 The Arameans now realized that they were no match for Israel, so they sent messengers and summoned additional Aramean troops from the other side of the Euphrates River.[a] These troops were under the command of Shobach,[b] the commander of Hadadezer’s forces.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:16a Hebrew the river.
  2. 19:16b As in parallel text at 2 Sam 10:16; Hebrew reads Shophach; also in 19:18.

16 they were joined by additional Aramean troops summoned by Hadadezer from the other side of the Euphrates River.[a] These troops arrived at Helam under the command of Shobach, the commander of Hadadezer’s forces.

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  1. 10:16 Hebrew the river.

The Lord Will Rule the Earth

14 Watch, for the day of the Lord is coming when your possessions will be plundered right in front of you! I will gather all the nations to fight against Jerusalem. The city will be taken, the houses looted, and the women raped. Half the population will be taken into captivity, and the rest will be left among the ruins of the city.

Then the Lord will go out to fight against those nations, as he has fought in times past.

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11 Now many nations have gathered against you.
    “Let her be desecrated,” they say.
    “Let us see the destruction of Jerusalem.[a]
12 But they do not know the Lord’s thoughts
    or understand his plan.
These nations don’t know
    that he is gathering them together
to be beaten and trampled
    like sheaves of grain on a threshing floor.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:11 Hebrew of Zion.

“Huddle together, you nations, and be terrified.
    Listen, all you distant lands.
Prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!
    Yes, prepare for battle, but you will be crushed!

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Psalm 2

Why are the nations so angry?
    Why do they waste their time with futile plans?

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