Numbers 24:20

And, when he saw Amalek, he took up, his parable, and said—The beginning of nations,—Amalek, But his latter end is even to perish.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.

In Context

19Yea One wieldeth dominion out of Jacob,—Who hath destroyed the remnant out of the fortress.

21And when he saw the Kenite, he took up his parable, and said,—Enduring thy dwelling-place, Set thou then in the crag, thy nest;

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8Then came in Amalek,—and fought with Israel, in Rephidim.

Exodus 17:16And he said—Because of a hand against the throne of Yah, Yahweh hath war with Amalek,—from generation to generation!

1 Samuel 14:48Then made he ready a force, and smote the Amalekites,—and delivered Israel out of the hand of such as plundered them.

1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and made a raid against the Geshurites and the Gizrites and the Amalekites,—for, they, were the inhabitants of the land who had been from age-past times, as thou enterest Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 30:17And David smote them, from the closing twilight even unto the evening of the next day,—and there escaped not of them a man, save four hundred young men who rode upon camels, and fled.

Esther 3:1After these things, did King Ahasuerus promote to power Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him,—and placed his seat above all the rulers who 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 →

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