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Psalms 149:2

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Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
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  1. Psalms 100:1–3Rank 1 from verse 2
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    1MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands.

    2Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

    3Know ye that the Lord he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.

  2. Psalms 95:6Rank 2 from verse 2
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    6O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

  3. Isaiah 52:7Rank 3 from verse 2
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    7¶ How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace; that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation; that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!

  4. Isaiah 54:5Rank 4 from verse 2
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    5For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.

  5. Deuteronomy 7:6–7Rank 5 from verse 2
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    6For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

    7The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:

  6. Joel 2:23Rank 6 from verse 2
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    23Be glad then, ye children of Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your God: for he hath given you the former rain moderately, and he will cause to come down for you the rain, the former rain, and the latter rain in the first month.

  7. Job 35:10Rank 7 from verse 2
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    10But none saith, Where is God my maker, who giveth songs in the night;

  8. Luke 19:38Rank 8 from verse 2
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    38Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace in heaven, and glory in the highest.

  9. Psalms 135:3–4Rank 9 from verse 2
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    3Praise the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.

    4For the Lord hath chosen Jacob unto himself, and Israel for his peculiar treasure.

  10. Zechariah 9:9Rank 10 from verse 2
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    9¶ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold, thy King cometh unto thee: he is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.

  11. 1 Samuel 12:22Rank 11 from verse 2
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    22For the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name’s sake: because it hath pleased the Lord to make you his people.

  12. Deuteronomy 12:7Rank 12 from verse 2
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    7And there ye shall eat before the Lord your God, and ye shall rejoice in all that ye put your hand unto, ye and your households, wherein the Lord thy God hath blessed thee.

  13. John 19:19–22Rank 13 from verse 2
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    19¶ And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS.

    20This title then read many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.

    21Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.

    22Pilate answered, What I have written I have written.

  14. Psalms 47:6Rank 14 from verse 2
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    6Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises.

  15. Isaiah 62:11–12Rank 15 from verse 2
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    11Behold, the Lord hath proclaimed unto the end of the world, Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy salvation cometh; behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.

    12And they shall call them, The holy people, The redeemed of the Lord: and thou shalt be called, Sought out, A city not forsaken.

  16. John 19:15Rank 16 from verse 2
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    15But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Cæsar.

  17. Luke 19:27Rank 17 from verse 2
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    27But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

  18. Matthew 25:34Rank 18 from verse 2
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    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

  19. Philippians 3:3Rank 19 from verse 2
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    3For we are the circumcision, which worship God in the spirit, and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh.

  20. Revelation 19:6Rank 20 from verse 2
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    6And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.

  21. Matthew 21:5Rank 21 from verse 2
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    5Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.

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Psalms 149:2

COMBINED MEANING

let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

rejoice

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1. To be glad, take joy, delight, or exult; to express gladness. 2. To make glad or cause to rejoice.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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made

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Formed, caused, prepared, appointed, or brought into a stated condition.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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children

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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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king

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A sovereign ruler; one exercising royal authority over a kingdom.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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149:1PRAISE ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.

149:2Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.

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149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

149:4For the Lord taketh pleasure in his people: he will beautify the meek with salvation.

149:5Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds.

149:6Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a twoedged sword in their hand;

149:7To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people;

149:8To bind their kings with chains, and their nobles with fetters of iron;

149:9To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the Lord.

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