Numbers 24:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 17:14 : 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.
  • Exod 17:16 : 16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [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, even they came up against them;
  • 1 Sam 14:48 : 48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled 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 gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to a 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 shewed 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 [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against 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 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. 9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and 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 invaded the south, and Ziklag, and 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, which rode upon camels, and fled.
  • 1 Chr 4:43 : 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and 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 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. 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 the decree was given at 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%

    2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

    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.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

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

    19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD 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 [it].

  • Num 24:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21 And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.

    22 Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.

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

  • Num 24:17-19
    3 verses
    75%

    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 destroy all the children of Sheth.

    18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir also shall be a possession for his enemies; and Israel shall do valiantly.

    19 Out of Jacob shall come he that shall have dominion, and shall destroy him that remaineth of the city.

  • Exod 17:16
    75%

    16 For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    73%

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

  • 1 Sam 15:18
    73%

    18 And the LORD 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%

    5 And Saul came to a 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 shewed 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 [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.

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

    9 But 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 every thing [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

  • Exod 17:8
    72%

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

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    72%

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

    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.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    71%

    18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the LORD done this thing unto thee this day.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    70%

    48 And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

  • Gen 14:7
    69%

    7 And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which [is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

  • Exod 17:11
    69%

    11 And 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
    69%

    23 For 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%

    15 And 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 the LORD thy God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

  • 1 Sam 15:32
    67%

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

  • Num 14:43
    67%

    43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites [are] there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

  • Num 14:45
    67%

    45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, [even] unto Hormah.

  • Judg 6:3
    67%

    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;

  • Ps 9:6
    67%

    6 O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.

  • Num 23:9
    66%

    9 For from the top of the rocks I see him, and from the hills I behold him: lo, the people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations.

  • 1 Sam 15:20
    66%

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

  • Lev 26:38
    66%

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

  • Ps 52:5
    66%

    5 God shall likewise destroy thee for ever, he shall take thee away, and pluck thee out of [thy] dwelling place, and root thee out of the land of the living. Selah.

  • Deut 2:22
    66%

    22 As he did to the children of Esau, which dwelt in Seir, when he destroyed the Horims from before them; and they succeeded them, and dwelt in their stead even unto this day:

  • Ps 10:16
    66%

    16 The LORD [is] King for ever and ever: the heathen are perished out of his land.

  • 2 Sam 1:8-9
    2 verses
    66%

    8 And he said unto me, Who [art] thou? And I answered him, I [am] an Amalekite.

    9 He said unto me again, Stand, I pray thee, upon me, and slay me: for anguish is come upon me, because my life [is] yet whole in me.

  • Nah 1:9
    66%

    9 ¶ What do ye imagine against the LORD? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

  • Deut 31:4
    66%

    4 And the LORD shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.

  • Num 14:25
    65%

    25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) To morrow turn you, and get you into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.

  • 2 Sam 22:38
    65%

    38 I have pursued mine enemies, and destroyed them; and turned not again until I had consumed them.

  • 1 Sam 24:13
    65%

    13 As saith the proverb of the ancients, Wickedness proceedeth from the wicked: but mine hand shall not be upon thee.