Numbers 24:20

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Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

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  • Exod 17:14 : 14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • Judg 6:3 : 3 And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;
  • 1 Sam 14:48 : 48 And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.
  • 1 Sam 15:3-8 : 3 Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4 And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly. 6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites. 7 And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt. 8 He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
  • 1 Sam 27:8-9 : 8 And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt. 9 And David again and again made attacks on the land till not a man or a woman was still living; and he took away the sheep and the oxen and the asses and the camels and the clothing; and he came back to Achish.
  • 1 Sam 30:1 : 1 Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;
  • 1 Sam 30:17 : 17 And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.
  • 1 Chr 4:43 : 43 And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.
  • Esth 3:1 : 1 After these things, by the order of the king, Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, was lifted up and given a position of honour and a higher place than all the other captains who were with him.
  • Esth 7:9-9 : 9 Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it. 10 So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
  • Esth 9:14 : 14 And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.
  • Exod 17:8 : 8 Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 15:2-3
    2 verses
    77%

    2 The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.

    3 Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death every man and woman, every child and baby at the breast, every ox and sheep, camel and ass.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17 Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;

    18 How, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.

    19 So when the Lord your God has given you rest from all who are against you on every side, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, see to it that the memory of Amalek is cut off from the earth; keep this in mind.

  • Num 24:21-23
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    21 And looking on the Kenites he went on with his story and said, Strong is your living-place, and your secret place is safe in the rock.

    22 But still the Kenites will be wasted, till Asshur takes you away prisoner.

    23 Then he went on with his story and said, But who may keep his life when God does this?

  • Num 24:17-19
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    75%

    17 I see him, but not now: looking on him, but not near: a star will come out of Jacob, and a rod of authority out of Israel, sending destruction to the farthest limits of Moab and on the head of all the sons of Sheth.

    18 Edom will be his heritage, and he will put an end to the last of the people of Seir.

    19 And Israel will go on in strength, and Jacob will have rule over his haters.

  • Exod 17:16
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    16 For he said, The Lord has taken his oath that there will be war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
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    43 And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    73%

    18 And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

  • 1 Sam 15:5-9
    5 verses
    72%

    5 And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.

    6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.

    7 And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.

    8 He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

    9 But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen and the fat beasts and the lambs, and whatever was good, not desiring to put them to the curse: but everything which was bad and of no use they put to the curse.

  • Exod 17:8
    72%

    8 Then Amalek came and made war on Israel in Rephidim.

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

    13 And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

    14 And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    71%

    18 Because you did not do what the Lord said, and did not give effect to his burning wrath against Amalek. So the Lord has done this thing to you today.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    70%

    48 And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.

  • Gen 14:7
    69%

    7 Then they came back to En-mishpat (which is Kadesh), making waste all the country of the Amalekites and of the Amorites living in Hazazon-tamar.

  • Exod 17:11
    69%

    11 Now while Moses' hand was lifted up, Israel was the stronger: but when he let his hand go down, Amalek became the stronger.

  • 2 Chr 20:23
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    23 And the children of Ammon and Moab made an attack on the people of Mount Seir with a view to their complete destruction; and when they had put an end to the people of Seir, everyman's hand was turned against his neighbour for his destruction.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
    68%

    15 And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sheep and of the oxen as an offering to the Lord your God; all the rest we have given up to destruction.

  • 1 Sam 15:32
    67%

    32 Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaking with fear. And Agag said, Truly the pain of death is past.

  • Num 14:43
    67%

    43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you will be put to death by their swords: because you have gone back from the way of the Lord, the Lord will not be with you.

  • Num 14:45
    67%

    45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who were living in the hill-country, and overcame them completely, driving them back as far as Hormah.

  • Judg 6:3
    67%

    3 And whenever Israel's grain was planted, the Midianites and the Amalekites and the people of the east came up against them;

  • Ps 9:6
    67%

    6 You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

  • Num 23:9
    66%

    9 From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.

  • 1 Sam 15:20
    66%

    20 And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I have taken Agag, the king of Amalek, and have given the Amalekites up to destruction.

  • Lev 26:38
    66%

    38 And death will overtake you among strange nations, and the land of your haters will be your destruction.

  • Ps 52:5
    66%

    5 But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)

  • Deut 2:22
    66%

    22 As he did for the children of Esau living in Seir, when he sent destruction on the Horites before them, and they took their land where they are living to this day:

  • Ps 10:16
    66%

    16 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.

  • 2 Sam 1:8-9
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    8 And he said to me, Who are you? And I said, I am an Amalekite.

    9 Then he said to me, Come here to my side, and put me to death, for the pain of death has me in its grip but my life is still strong in me.

  • Nah 1:9
    66%

    9 What are you designing against the Lord? he will put an end to it: his haters will not come up again a second time.

  • Deut 31:4
    66%

    4 The Lord will do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, the kings of the Amorites, and to their land, whom he put to destruction.

  • Num 14:25
    65%

    25 Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are in the valley; tomorrow, turning round, go into the waste land by the way to the Red Sea.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
    65%

    38 I go after my haters and overtake them; not turning back till they are all overcome.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13 May the Lord be judge between me and you, and may the Lord give me my rights against you, but my hand will never be lifted up against you.