[[Ps-48]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Ps-47]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Ps-49]] --- ### For, behold, the kings assembled themselves, they passed by together. They saw it, then they were amazed. They were dismayed. They hurried away. Trembling took hold of them there, pain, as of a woman in travail. *Type*: fulfillment *Summary*: This passage describes the miraculous retreat of an assembly of kings who intended to attack Jerusalem but were overcome with terror upon seeing the city. *Historical context*: Theological scholars and historians frequently link this fulfillment to the 701 BCE Assyrian siege of Jerusalem under Sennacherib, where the Assyrian army was decimated overnight without a battle ([[2 Kings-19#v35|2 Kings 19:35]], [[Isa-37#v36|Isaiah 37:36]]), or the defeat of the Moabite-Ammonite coalition against King Jehoshaphat ([[2 Chron|2 Chronicles 20]]). *Related to*: [[Isa-37#v33|Isaiah 37:33]]-35, where God prophesies that the King of Assyria 'shall not come into this city, nor shoot an arrow there,' and [[2 Sam-07#v10|2 Samuel 7:10]]-16 regarding the protection of the Davidic kingdom. ### As we have heard, so we have seen, in the city of Yahweh of Armies, in the city of our God. God will establish it forever. Selah. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction that the city of God (Zion) will be established for eternity and remain unshakable. *Historical context*: Since the physical city of Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians and later the Romans, theologians interpret this prophecy as referring to the 'New Jerusalem' or the spiritual Kingdom of God, which is described in [[Rev|Revelation 21]] as being established eternally after the physical world passes away. *Related to*: ### As is your name, God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth. Your right hand is full of righteousness. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: The text predicts that the knowledge and praise of God will not be localized to Judah but will reach the furthest corners of the world. *Historical context*: Scholars consider this fulfilled through the global expansion of the Abrahamic faiths, specifically the spread of the Gospel to every continent, aligning with the Messianic expectations of the Great Commission in the New Testament. *Related to*: --- #ai_prophecy