Psalms 83:4-8
Summary for Ps 83:5-8: 83:5-8 a signed a treaty: The allies agreed to fight against God and his people. The nations that are named in the alliance were situated around Israel and Judah.Summary for Ps 83:6-7: 83:6-7 b The Edomites, descendants of Esau, were located to the southeast of Judah (see Gen 25:30 c; 32:3 d; 36:1-8 e).
• Ishmaelites were desert-dwelling descendants of Hagar.
• Moabites and Ammonites descended from Lot; both were located to the east of Israel and Judah.
• The Hagrites were possibly located north of the Ammonites (1 Chr 5:10 f).
83:7 g The Gebalites probably came from Gebal/Byblos on the coast of Lebanon.
• The Amalekites were located south of Israel in the Negev.
• Philistia was southwest of Judah, by the Mediterranean Sea.
• Tyre was a port city on the Mediterranean, northwest of Israel.
83:8 h Assyria was northeast of Israel and north of the Persian Gulf.
• The descendants of Lot were the Moabites and the Ammonites (83:6-7 i).
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