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17To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

Psalms 136:17

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  • Who smote great nations, and slew mighty kings; …

  • Now these are the kings of the land, which the children of Israel smote, and possessed their land on the other side Jordan toward the rising of the sun, from the river Arnon unto mount Hermon, and all the plain on the east: …

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 10-22)

The great things God for Israel, when he first formed them into a people, and set up his kingdom among them, are here mentioned, as often elsewhere in the psalms, as instances both of the power of God and of the particular kindness he had for Israel. See Ps. 135:8 1. He brought them out of Egypt, Ps. 136:10-12. That was a mercy which endured long to them, and our redemption by Christ, which was ty…

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