Numbers 24:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 17:14 : 14 And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;
  • 1 Sam 14:48 : 48 And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
  • 1 Sam 15:3-8 : 3 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. 4 And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
  • 1 Sam 27:8-9 : 8 And 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 goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt. 9 And David smote the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel; and he returned, and came to Achish.
  • 1 Sam 30:1 : 1 And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the South, and upon Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
  • 1 Sam 30:17 : 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, who rode upon camels and fled.
  • 1 Chr 4:43 : 43 And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.
  • Esth 3:1 : 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.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  • Esth 9:14 : 14 And the king commanded it so to be done: and a decree was given out in Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.
  • Exod 17:8 : 8 Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

    3Now 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.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way as ye came forth out of Egypt;

    18how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

    19Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget.

  • Num 24:21-23
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    21And he looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwelling-place, And thy nest is set in the rock.

    22Nevertheless Kain shall be wasted, Until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

    23And he took up his parable, and said, Alas, who shall live when God doeth this?

  • Num 24:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    17I see him, but not now; I behold him, but not nigh: There shall come forth a star out of Jacob, And a sceptre shall rise out of Israel, And shall smite through the corners of Moab, And break down all the sons of tumult.

    18And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession, [who were] his enemies; While Israel doeth valiantly.

    19And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, And shall destroy the remnant from the city.

  • Exod 17:16
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    16and he said, Jehovah hath sworn: Jehovah will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    73%

    43And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and have dwelt there unto this day.

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    73%

    18and Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

  • 1 Sam 15:5-9
    5 verses
    72%

    5And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

    6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

    7And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

    8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

    9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

  • Exod 17:8
    72%

    8Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

    14And Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    71%

    18Because thou obeyedst not the voice of Jehovah, and didst not execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath Jehovah done this thing unto thee this day.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    70%

    48And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

  • Gen 14:7
    69%

    7And they returned, and came to En-mishpat (the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon-tamar.

  • Exod 17:11
    69%

    11And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
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    23For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir, utterly to slay and destroy them: and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir, every one helped to destroy another.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    68%

    15And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice unto Jehovah thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 15:32
    67%

    32Then said Samuel, Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came unto him cheerfully. And Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

  • Num 14:43
    67%

    43For there the Amalekite and the Canaanite are before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned back from following Jehovah, therefore Jehovah will not be with you.

  • Num 14:45
    67%

    45Then the Amalekite came down, and the Canaanite who dwelt in that mountain, and smote them and beat them down, even unto Hormah.

  • Judg 6:3
    67%

    3And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them;

  • Ps 9:6
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    6The enemy are come to an end, they are desolate for ever; And the cities which thou hast overthrown, The very remembrance of them is perished. [

  • Num 23:9
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    9For from the top of the rocks I see him, And from the hills I behold him: lo, it is a people that dwelleth alone, And shall not be reckoned among the nations.

  • 1 Sam 15:20
    66%

    20And Saul said unto Samuel, Yea, I have obeyed the voice of Jehovah, and have gone the way which Jehovah sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

  • Lev 26:38
    66%

    38And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

  • Ps 52:5
    66%

    5God will likewise destroy thee for ever; He will take thee up, and pluck thee out of thy tent, And root thee out of the land of the living. {{Selah

  • Deut 2:22
    66%

    22as he did for the children of Esau, that dwell in Seir, when he destroyed the Horites from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

  • Ps 10:16
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    16Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.

  • 2 Sam 1:8-9
    2 verses
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    8And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

    9And he said unto me, Stand, I pray thee, beside me, and slay me; for anguish hath taken hold of me, because my life is yet whole in me.

  • Nah 1:9
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    9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

  • Deut 31:4
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    4And Jehovah will do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and unto their land; whom he destroyed.

  • Num 14:25
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    25Now the Amalekite and the Canaanite dwell in the valley: to-morrow turn ye, and get you into the wilderness by the way to the Red Sea.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
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    38I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again till they were consumed.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
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    13As saith the proverb of the ancients, Out of the wicked cometh forth wickedness; but my hand shall not be upon thee.