Numbers 24:20

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.

And when he looked {H7200} on Amalek {H6002}, he took up {H5375} his parable {H4912}, and said {H559}, Amalek {H6002} was the first {H7225} of the nations {H1471}; but his latter {H319} end shall be that he perish {H8} for ever {H5703}.

He saw 'Amalek and made this pronouncement: "First among nations was 'Amalek, but destruction will be its end."

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

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.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.
  • 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.
  • Esther 7:9

    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.
  • Esther 7:10

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
  • 1 Chronicles 4:43

    And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
  • Exodus 17:8

    ¶ Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
  • 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 27:8

    ¶ 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.

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