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 5:12David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel, and that he had exalted his kingdom for his people Israel’s sake.
• 1 Chr 14:2David perceived that Yahweh had established him king over Israel; for his kingdom was exalted on high, for his people Israel’s sake.
• Jer 51:13You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
• Rev 19:16He has on his garment and on his thigh a name written, “KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
• Rev 17:1One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and spoke with me, saying, “Come here. I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who sits on many waters,
• Ps 93:3–4The floods have lifted up, Yahweh, the floods have lifted up their voice. The floods lift up their waves.
• Ps 2:6–10“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
• Isa 2:2It shall happen in the latter days, that the mountain of Yahweh’s house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be raised above the hills; and all nations shall flow to it.
• Rev 17:15He said to me, “The waters which you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
• John 1:49Nathanael answered him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!”
• 1 Sam 15:8–9He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
• Isa 9:7Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on David’s throne, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from that time on, even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Armies will perform this.
• Dan 2:44In the days of those kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom which shall never be destroyed, nor shall its sovereignty be left to another people; but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdoms, and it shall stand forever.
• Isa 48:1“Hear this, house of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel, and have come out of the waters of Judah. You swear by Yahweh’s name, and make mention of the God of Israel, but not in truth, nor in righteousness
• Ezra 4:20There have also been mighty kings over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, custom, and toll, was paid to them.
• 1 Sam 15:32–33Then Samuel said, “Bring Agag the king of the Amalekites here to me!” Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”
• Ps 145:11–13They will speak of the glory of your kingdom, and talk about your power;
• Ps 68:26“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
• Rev 11:15The seventh angel sounded, and great voices in heaven followed, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the Kingdom of our Lord, and of his Christ. He will reign forever and ever!”
• 1 Kgs 4:21Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
• Ps 18:43You have delivered me from the strivings of the people. You have made me the head of the nations. A people whom I have not known shall serve me.
• Phil 2:10–11that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of those in heaven, those on earth, and those under the earth,
• Prov 5:16–18Should your springs overflow in the streets, streams of water in the public squares?

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