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Psalms 24:10
Who is He, this King of Glory? The LORD of Hosts—He is the King of Glory. Selah
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the temple gates and the assembled worshippers at the moment the ark of the covenant is being processed into the sanctuary. The declaration follows a liturgical call for the gates to open for the King of Glory to enter.
The words — The text hinges on מִי (mi), meaning "who?", and צְבָאוֹת (tzeva'ot), meaning "of hosts." These terms frame the rhetorical question and identify Yahweh as the commander of heavenly and earthly armies.
The thread — The title "LORD of Hosts" recurs in Isaiah 54:5 and informs the New Testament portrayal of Christ's kingly authority in Matthew 25:34 and Titus 2:13. The passage establishes a continuous scriptural thread identifying Yahweh as the sovereign ruler over all created powers.
Why it lands — The text demands a direct answer to its own question by naming Yahweh as the sole King of Glory. A reader must acknowledge that divine authority, not human merit or ritual position, grounds the worship and the coming judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Who is this King of glory? The Lord of hosts, he is the King of glory. Selah.
Cross-references
- Titus 2:13 as we await the blessed hope and glorious appearance of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.
- Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on His right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
- Isaiah 54:5 For your husband is your Maker—the LORD of Hosts is His name—the Holy One of Israel is your Redeemer; He is called the God of all the earth.
- Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—
- Matthew 25:31 When the Son of Man comes in His glory, and all the angels with Him, He will sit on His glorious throne.
- Luke 9:26 If anyone is ashamed of Me and My words, the Son of Man will be ashamed of him when He comes in His glory and in the glory of the Father and of the holy angels.
- John 12:40 “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.”
- John 14:9 Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
- Psalms 2:6 “I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
- Isaiah 6:3 And they were calling out to one another: “Holy, holy, holy is the LORD of Hosts; all the earth is full of His glory.”