Numbers 24:20
And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
19Out of Jacob shall he come that shall rule, and shall destroy the remains of the city.
Cross References
Exodus 17:8And Amalec came, and fought against Israel in Raphidim.
Exodus 17:16Because the hand of the throne of the Lord, and the war of the Lord shall be against Amalec, from generation to generation.
1 Samuel 14:48And gathering together an army, he defeated Amalec, and delivered Israel from the hand of them that spoiled them.
1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and pillaged Gessuri, and Gerzi, and the Amalecites: for these were of old the inhabitants of the countries, as men go to Sur, even to the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:17And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled.
Esther 3:1After these things, king Assuerus advanced Aman, the son of Amadathi, who was of the race of Agag: and he set his throne above all the princes 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 →