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- Chapter 68
- Verse 17
The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.
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Gill's Exposition
The chariots of God are twenty thousand,.... By which are meant the angels, as the following clause shows; called "chariots", because they have appeared in such a form, Kg2 2:11; and because, like…
Barnes' Notes
The chariots of God - The meaning of this verse is, that God is abundantly able to maintain his position on Mount Zion; to defend the place which he had selected as his abode. Though it has less…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The chariots of God are in myriads, yea thousands upon thousands.
God is represented as entering Zion in triumph with a vast retinue of the heavenly hosts. His chariots are not simply -twice ten…
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