Numbers 24:7

Balaam foresees Israel's abundance, numerous offspring, and a king greater than Agag, with an exalted kingdom. The oracle points to Israel's future royal greatness.

Cross-references · 23

• 2 Sam 5:12And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
• 1 Chr 14:2And David realized that the LORD had established him as king over Israel and had highly exalted his kingdom for the sake of His people Israel.
• Jer 51:13You who dwell by many waters, rich in treasures, your end has come; the thread of your life is cut.
• Rev 19:16And He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.
• Rev 17:1Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.
• Ps 93:3–4The floodwaters have risen, O LORD; the rivers have raised their voice; the seas lift up their pounding waves.
• Ps 2:6–10“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”
• Isa 2:2In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
• Rev 17:15Then the angel said to me, “The waters you saw, where the prostitute was seated, are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues.
• John 1:49“Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
• 1 Sam 15:8–9He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
• Dan 2:44In the days of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will shatter all these kingdoms and bring them to an end, but will itself stand forever.
• Isa 48:1“Listen to this, O house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, who have descended from the line of Judah, who swear by the name of the LORD, who invoke the God of Israel—but not in truth or righteousness—
• Ezra 4:20And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and tribute, duty, and toll were paid to them.
• 1 Sam 15:32–33Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
• Ps 145:11–13They will tell of the glory of Your kingdom and speak of Your might,
• Ps 68:26Bless God in the great congregation; bless the LORD from the fountain of Israel.
• Rev 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
• 1 Kgs 4:21And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Ps 18:43You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
• Phil 2:10–11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
• Prov 5:16–18Why should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in the public squares?

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