Psalms 24:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷Lift up your heads, O ye gates; and be ye lift up, ye everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in.

Psalms 24:7 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 26:2
Open ye the gates, that the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in.
Psalms 118:19-20
Open to me the gates of righteousness: I will go into them, and I will praise the LORD: …
Psalms 97:6
The heavens declare his righteousness, and all the people see his glory.
Revelation 4:11
Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created.
1 Corinthians 2:8
Which none of the princes of this world knew: for had they known it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.

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Commentary

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

(vv. 7-10)

What is spoken once is spoken a second time in these verses; such repetitions are usual in songs, and have much beauty in them. Here is, 1. Entrance once and again demanded for the King of glory; the doors and gates are to be thrown open, thrown wide open, to give him admission, for behold he stands at the door and knocks, ready to come in. 2. Enquiry once and again made concerning this mighty pri…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

7-10. The entrance of the ark, with the attending procession, into the holy sanctuary is pictured to us. The repetition of the terms gives emphasis.