King James Version
Psalms 48:4 in the King James Version says “For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 48 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.”
Psalms 48:4 · KJV
Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.
God is known in her palaces for a refuge.
For, lo, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.
They saw it, and so they marvelled; they were troubled, and hasted away.
Fear took hold upon them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“were assembled”
H3259to fix upon (by agreement or appointment); by implication, to meet (at a stated time), to summon (to trial), to direct (in a certain quarter or positi
“they passed by”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
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