Psalm 68:14

Psalm 68:14

Mount Zalmon

Most commentators on this verse, place Mount Zalmon near Shechem, which is a city situated on an east -west pass between Mount Gerazim and Mount Ebal. It is in central Israel and as a mountain is not very large, rising to around 1,400 feet. I’m going to stick my neck out here and say that it is highly unlikely to have ever been covered by snow! Having visited the area and seen the snow-capped heights of Hermon in the north with its ski resorts and its chair lifts, I’m struggling to understand how it might have snowed on Zalmon! Hermon rises to nearly 9,200 feet and it is a vast mountain range, Zalmon is no more than a hill by comparison and central Israel is not known for its freezing temperatures and snow drifts! 

There is another possibility. The point here is that when God scatters His enemies, the fall-out is like snow and He can do it in the north, and even on Mt Zalmon where snow never falls! The corpses and the abandoned weapons cover the ground so far as the eye can see, the capitulation of the hostile forces is so vast it changes the scenery.

We need to remember that we are on God’s side. His enemies still flee and fall before Him. Demon spirits fled in terror at the name and presence of Yeshua. This is the God we serve and the war we are engaged in and let’s never forget that with Him on our side, we can never lose!

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