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Psalms 68:15

Psalms 68:15
The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan; an high hill as the hill of Bashan.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

The hill of God is as the hill of Bashan,.... The church is the hill of God, an excellent and supereminent one, and in which he dwells, as is said in Psa 68:16; called an hill for its visibility, and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

The hill of God - The phrase “the hill of God,” or the mountain of God, is elsewhere applied in the Scriptures only to Mount Horeb or Sinai Exo 3:1; Exo 18:5; Exo 24:13; 1Ki 19:8, and to Mount Zion,…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 68:15-21

David, having given God praise for what he had done for Israel in general, as the God of Israel (Psa 68:8), here comes to give him praise as Zion's God in a special manner; compare Psa 9:11. Sing…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Psalms 68:15-18

After the conquest of the land, God chose for His abode not the stately mountains of Bashan, whose natural preeminence might seem to mark them out for that privilege, but the insignificant hill of…

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