The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
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Gill's Exposition
For all this they sinned still,.... Those that survived, not being brought to repentance by mercies, nor by judgments; not by mercies, such as before mentioned, though they were great and many, and…
Barnes' Notes
The wrath of God came upon them - See Num 11:33. And slew the fattest of them - literally, “slew among their fat ones.” That is, The most vigorous among them were cut down; the people most eminent for…
In these verses,
I. The psalmist observes the late rebukes of Providence that the people of Israel had been under, which they had brought upon themselves by their dealing treacherously with God, Psa…
Cambridge Bible
When the anger of God went up against them,
And slew of the lustiest of them,
And laid low the young men of Israel.
Even before they had been surfeited with the quails an allusion to Num 11:20 the…