Numbers 24:20 KJV
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.
Scofield Notes
- nationsOr, the first of the nations that warred against Isael. (See Scofield "Ex 17:8").
Matthew Henry
- Balaam's propheciesUnder the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes...
Thompson Chains
- AmalekSee the chain from Genesis 36:12 · 7 links
- Destruction (2)See the chain from Isaiah 34:2 · 5 links
Cross References
- Exodus 17:14 And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Exodus 17:8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
- Exodus 17:16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
- Judges 6:3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;
- 1 Samuel 14:48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
- 1 Samuel 15:3–8 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. …
- 1 Samuel 27:8–9 And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. …
- 1 Samuel 30:1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;
- 1 Samuel 30:17 And David smote them from the twilight even unto the evening of the next day: and there escaped not a man of them, save four hundred young men, which rode upon camels, and fled.
- 1 Chronicles 4:43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
- Esther 3:1 After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.
- Esther 7:9–10 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. …
- Esther 9:14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
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Topics
- Amalekites Prophecies against
- Hypocrisy Ith
- Temptation Balak tempts Balaam
- Worldliness Balaam
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- AmalekDweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen 36:12; 1 Chr 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen 36:16). His...
Strong’s Numbers
- And when he looked רָאָה râʼâh
- on Amalek עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq
- he took up נָשָׂא nâsâʼ
- his parable מָשָׁל mâshâl
- and said אָמַר ʼâmar
- Amalek עֲמָלֵק ʻĂmâlêq
- the first רֵאשִׁית rêʼshîyth
- of the nations גּוֹי gôwy
- but his latter אַחֲרִית ʼachărîyth
- end shall be that he perish אֹבֵד ʼôbêd
- for ever עַד ʻad
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