Psalm 83:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

Edom and the Ishmaelites; Moab and the Hagrites;

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When Saul was king, the Reuben tribe attacked and defeated the Hagrites, then took over their land east of Gilead.

Our Lord, punish the Edomites! On the day Jerusalem fell, they shouted, “Completely destroy the city! Tear down every building!”

Some time later, the armies of Moab and Ammon, together with the Meunites, went to war against Jehoshaphat.

who had joined forces with the Ammonites and the Amalekites to attack Israel. Eglon and his army captured Jericho.

The kings of this earth have all joined together to turn against the Lord and his chosen king.

You are finished as a nation, because you dared oppose me, the Lord.