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Psalms 78:9 Cross-References
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“The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows, turned back in the day of battle. carrying: Heb. throwing forth”
Psalms 78:9 (KJV)
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Commentary on Psalms 78:9
The children of Ephraim, being armed, and carrying bows (בְּנֵי־אֶפְרַיִם נוֹשְׁקֵי רוֹמֵי־קָשֶׁת)—Ephraim, Joseph's dominant tribe and representative of the Northern Kingdom, possessed military capability yet turned back in the day of battle (הָפְכוּ בְּיוֹם קְרָב). The verb הָפְכוּ (hafkhu, "turned back") suggests covenant reversal, not merely tactical retreat. This echoes Israel's repeated pattern: divinely equipped yet spiritually faithless.Ephraim's failure despite armament illustrates Psalm 20:7's principle—"Some trust in chariots... but we will remember the name of the LORD." Military r...
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Cross-References for Psalms 78:9
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“We have sinned against Yahweh”
“and fell down slain on Mount Gilboa.”
“and dealt treacherously like their fathers. They were turned aside like a deceitful bow.”
“The hill country is not enough for us: and all the Canaanites who dwell in the land of the valley have chariots of iron”
“and Benjamin began to strike and kill of the men of Israel about thirty persons; for they said”
“and Israel was struck”
“Who is Abimelech”
“and could use both the right hand and the left in slinging stones and in shooting arrows from the bow: they were of Saul's brothers of Benjamin.”
“Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!”
“Where is now your mouth”