throne” as the Old Testament testimony of the coming divine rule, such as Psalms 47; 93; 96; 97; and 99. They, too, speak of God’s becoming king and of the revelation of his power to all the nations. Though in the first instance they will have to be explained as referring to some historical event (e.g., Psalm 47, the bringing up of the ark?), yet, at bottom, these psalms also give expression to the expectation of a final and definite revelation of Jahwe’s kingship, in which every manifestation of
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