Numbers 24:20
And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall come to destruction.
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In Context
19And out of Jacob shall come he who shall have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from the city.
Cross References
Exodus 17:8Then Amalek came, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Exodus 17:16And he said, LORD has sworn, LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
1 Samuel 14:48And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for those [nations] were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old as thou go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:17And David smote them from the twilight even to the evening of the next day. And there escaped not a man of them, except four hundred young men who rode upon camels and fled.
Esther 3:1After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the rulers that were with him.
Matthew Henry on Numbers 24:16-25
Balaam's Prophecy. ( b. c. 1452.) 15 And he took up his parable, and said, Balaam the son of Beor hath said, and the man whose eyes are open hath said: 16 He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance, but having his eyes open: 17 I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and… Read the whole commentary →