Psalms 149:8

World English Bible (2000)

To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

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  • Josh 10:23-24 : 23 They did so, and brought those five kings out of the cave to him: the king of Jerusalem, the king of Hebron, the king of Jarmuth, the king of Lachish, and the king of Eglon. 24 It happened, when they brought those kings out to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, "Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings." They came near, and put their feet on their necks.
  • Josh 12:7 : 7 These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir. Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
  • Judg 1:6-7 : 6 But Adoni-Bezek fled; and they pursued after him, and caught him, and cut off his thumbs and his great toes. 7 Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered [their food] under my table: as I have done, so God has requited me." They brought him to Jerusalem, and he died there.
  • Job 36:8 : 8 If they are bound in fetters, and are taken in the cords of afflictions,

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    2 The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

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    9 You shall break them with a rod of iron. You shall dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel."

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    18 He loosens the bond of kings. He binds their waist with a belt.

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