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Psalms 136:17

Psalms 136:17 is verse 17 of Psalms chapter 136, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.

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King James Version

To him which smote great kings: for his mercy endureth for ever:

World English Bible

to him who struck great kings, for his loving kindness endures forever;

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Psalms 136:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible

15 but swept Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea. His loving devotion endures forever.

16 He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.

17 He struck down great kings His loving devotion endures forever.

18 and slaughtered mighty kings— His loving devotion endures forever.

19 Sihon king of the Amorites His loving devotion endures forever.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Psalms 135:10

He struck down many nations and slaughtered mighty kings:

Psalms 135:11

Sihon king of the Amorites, Og king of Bashan, and all the kings of Canaan.

Joshua 12:1

Now these are the kings of the land whom the Israelites struck down and whose lands they took beyond the Jordan to the east, from the Arnon Valley to Mount Hermon, including all the Arabah eastward:

Joshua 12:2

Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived in Heshbon. He ruled from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley, along the middle of the valley, up to the Jabbok River (the border of the Ammonites), that is, half of Gilead,

Joshua 12:3

as well as the Arabah east of the Sea of Chinnereth to the Sea of the Arabah (the Salt Sea ), eastward through Beth-jeshimoth, and southward below the slopes of Pisgah.

Joshua 12:4

And Og king of Bashan, one of the remnant of the Rephaim, who lived in Ashtaroth and Edrei.

Joshua 12:5

He ruled over Mount Hermon, Salecah, all of Bashan up to the border of the Geshurites and Maacathites, and half of Gilead to the border of Sihon king of Heshbon.

Joshua 12:6

Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

Joshua 12:7

And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir (according to the allotments to the tribes of Israel, Joshua gave them as an inheritance

Joshua 12:8

the hill country, the foothills, the Arabah, the slopes, the wilderness, and the Negev—the lands of the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites):

Joshua 12:9

the king of Jericho, one; the king of Ai, which is near Bethel, one;

Joshua 12:10

the king of Jerusalem, one; the king of Hebron, one;

Joshua 12:11

the king of Jarmuth, one; the king of Lachish, one;

Joshua 12:12

the king of Eglon, one; the king of Gezer, one;

Joshua 12:13

the king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;

Joshua 12:14

the king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;

Joshua 12:15

the king of Libnah, one; the king of Adullam, one;

Joshua 12:16

the king of Makkedah, one; the king of Bethel, one;

Joshua 12:17

the king of Tappuah, one; the king of Hepher, one;

Joshua 12:18

the king of Aphek, one; the king of Lasharon, one;

Joshua 12:19

the king of Madon, one; the king of Hazor, one;

Joshua 12:20

the king of Shimron-meron, one; the king of Achshaph, one;

Joshua 12:21

the king of Taanach, one; the king of Megiddo, one;

Joshua 12:22

the king of Kedesh, one; the king of Jokneam in Carmel, one;

Joshua 12:23

the king of Dor in Naphath-dor, one; the king of Goiim in Gilgal, one;

Joshua 12:24

and the king of Tirzah, one. So there were thirty-one kings in all.

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