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  • Deuteronomy 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
  • Numbers 24:1 - By now Balaam realized that the Lord was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
  • Numbers 24:2 - where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
  • Numbers 24:3 - and this is the message he delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,
  • Numbers 24:4 - the message of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  • Numbers 24:5 - How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!
  • Numbers 24:6 - They spread before me like palm groves, like gardens by the riverside. They are like tall trees planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters.
  • Numbers 24:7 - Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
  • Numbers 24:8 - God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
  • Numbers 24:9 - Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
  • Numbers 24:10 - King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, “I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.
  • Numbers 24:11 - Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has kept you from your reward.”
  • Numbers 24:12 - Balaam told Balak, “Don’t you remember what I told your messengers? I said,
  • Numbers 24:13 - ‘Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord.’ I told you that I could say only what the Lord says!
  • Numbers 24:14 - Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future.”
  • Numbers 24:15 - This is the message Balaam delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,
  • Numbers 24:16 - the message of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  • Numbers 24:17 - I see him, but not here and now. I perceive him, but far in the distant future. A star will rise from Jacob; a scepter will emerge from Israel. It will crush the heads of Moab’s people, cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.
  • Numbers 24:18 - Edom will be taken over, and Seir, its enemy, will be conquered, while Israel marches on in triumph.
  • Numbers 24:19 - A ruler will rise in Jacob who will destroy the survivors of Ir.”
  • Numbers 24:20 - Then Balaam looked over toward the people of Amalek and delivered this message: “Amalek was the greatest of nations, but its destiny is destruction!”
  • Numbers 24:21 - Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message: “Your home is secure; your nest is set in the rocks.
  • Numbers 24:22 - But the Kenites will be destroyed when Assyria takes you captive.”
  • Numbers 24:23 - Balaam concluded his messages by saying: “Alas, who can survive unless God has willed it?
  • Numbers 24:24 - Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus ; they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber, but they, too, will be utterly destroyed.”
  • Numbers 24:25 - Then Balaam left and returned home, and Balak also went on his way.
  • Ruth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
  • Deuteronomy 2:19 - and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
  • Numbers 21:29 - What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.
  • 2 Kings 3:1 - Ahab’s son Joram began to rule over Israel in the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  • 2 Kings 3:2 - He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not to the same extent as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
  • 2 Kings 3:3 - Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit.
  • 2 Kings 3:4 - King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
  • 2 Kings 3:5 - But after Ahab’s death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  • 2 Kings 3:6 - So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.
  • 2 Kings 3:7 - On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”
  • 2 Kings 3:8 - Then Jehoshaphat asked, “What route will we take?” “We will attack from the wilderness of Edom,” Joram replied.
  • 2 Kings 3:9 - The king of Edom and his troops joined them, and all three armies traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days. But there was no water for the men or their animals.
  • 2 Kings 3:10 - “What should we do?” the king of Israel cried out. “The Lord has brought the three of us here to let the king of Moab defeat us.”
  • 2 Kings 3:11 - But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord with us? If there is, we can ask the Lord what to do through him.” One of King Joram’s officers replied, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah’s personal assistant. ”
  • 2 Kings 3:12 - Jehoshaphat said, “Yes, the Lord speaks through him.” So the king of Israel, King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Edom went to consult with Elisha.
  • 2 Kings 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?” Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!” But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the Lord who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”
  • 2 Kings 3:14 - Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn’t even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
  • 2 Kings 3:15 - Now bring me someone who can play the harp.” While the harp was being played, the power of the Lord came upon Elisha,
  • 2 Kings 3:16 - and he said, “This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
  • 2 Kings 3:17 - You will see neither wind nor rain, says the Lord, but this valley will be filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals.
  • 2 Kings 3:18 - But this is only a simple thing for the Lord, for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab!
  • 2 Kings 3:19 - You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”
  • 2 Kings 3:20 - The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, water suddenly appeared! It was flowing from the direction of Edom, and soon there was water everywhere.
  • 2 Kings 3:21 - Meanwhile, when the people of Moab heard about the three armies marching against them, they mobilized every man who was old enough to strap on a sword, and they stationed themselves along their border.
  • 2 Kings 3:22 - But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.
  • 2 Kings 3:23 - “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”
  • 2 Kings 3:24 - But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went.
  • 2 Kings 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
  • 2 Kings 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed.
  • 2 Kings 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.
  • Judges 3:1 - These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
  • Judges 3:2 - He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
  • Judges 3:3 - These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  • Judges 3:4 - These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the Lord had given to their ancestors through Moses.
  • Judges 3:5 - So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
  • Judges 3:6 - and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.
  • Judges 3:7 - The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot about the Lord their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
  • Judges 3:8 - Then the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.
  • Judges 3:9 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother, Kenaz.
  • Judges 3:10 - The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge. He went to war against King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram, and the Lord gave Othniel victory over him.
  • Judges 3:11 - So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Judges 3:12 - Once again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because of their evil.
  • Judges 3:13 - Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.
  • Judges 3:14 - And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
  • Judges 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
  • Judges 3:16 - So Ehud made a double-edged dagger that was about a foot long, and he strapped it to his right thigh, keeping it hidden under his clothing.
  • Judges 3:17 - He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.
  • Judges 3:18 - After delivering the payment, Ehud started home with those who had helped carry the tribute.
  • Judges 3:19 - But when Ehud reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He came to Eglon and said, “I have a secret message for you.” So the king commanded his servants, “Be quiet!” and he sent them all out of the room.
  • Judges 3:20 - Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,
  • Judges 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
  • Judges 3:22 - The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king’s fat. So Ehud did not pull out the dagger, and the king’s bowels emptied.
  • Judges 3:23 - Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.
  • Judges 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,
  • Judges 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn’t come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.
  • Judges 3:26 - While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.
  • Judges 3:27 - When he arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Ehud sounded a call to arms. Then he led a band of Israelites down from the hills.
  • Judges 3:28 - “Follow me,” he said, “for the Lord has given you victory over Moab your enemy.” So they followed him. And the Israelites took control of the shallow crossings of the Jordan River across from Moab, preventing anyone from crossing.
  • Judges 3:29 - They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.
  • Judges 3:30 - So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.
  • Judges 3:31 - After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
  • 2 Samuel 8:1 - After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.
  • 2 Samuel 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.
  • 2 Samuel 8:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
  • 2 Samuel 8:4 - David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
  • 2 Samuel 8:5 - When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
  • 2 Samuel 8:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
  • 2 Samuel 8:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
  • 2 Samuel 8:8 - along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah and Berothai.
  • 2 Samuel 8:9 - When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,
  • 2 Samuel 8:10 - he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
  • 2 Samuel 8:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—
  • 2 Samuel 8:12 - from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
  • 2 Samuel 8:13 - So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • 2 Samuel 8:14 - He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
  • 2 Samuel 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
  • 2 Samuel 8:16 - Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
  • 2 Samuel 8:17 - Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
  • 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard. And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.
  • Numbers 22:1 - Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
  • Numbers 22:2 - Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, had seen everything the Israelites did to the Amorites.
  • Numbers 22:3 - And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified.
  • Numbers 22:4 - The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!” So Balak, king of Moab,
  • Numbers 22:5 - sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
  • Numbers 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
  • Numbers 22:7 - Balak’s messengers, who were elders of Moab and Midian, set out with money to pay Balaam to place a curse upon Israel. They went to Balaam and delivered Balak’s message to him.
  • Numbers 22:8 - “Stay here overnight,” Balaam said. “In the morning I will tell you whatever the Lord directs me to say.” So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam.
  • Numbers 22:9 - That night God came to Balaam and asked him, “Who are these men visiting you?”
  • Numbers 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:
  • Numbers 22:11 - ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”
  • Numbers 22:12 - But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
  • Numbers 22:13 - The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The Lord will not let me go with you.”
  • Numbers 22:14 - So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
  • Numbers 22:15 - Then Balak tried again. This time he sent a larger number of even more distinguished officials than those he had sent the first time.
  • Numbers 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming to help me.
  • Numbers 22:17 - I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”
  • Numbers 22:18 - But Balaam responded to Balak’s messengers, “Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord my God.
  • Numbers 22:19 - But stay here one more night, and I will see if the Lord has anything else to say to me.”
  • Numbers 22:20 - That night God came to Balaam and told him, “Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”
  • Numbers 22:21 - So the next morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and started off with the Moabite officials.
  • Numbers 22:22 - But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the angel of the Lord to stand in the road to block his way. As Balaam and two servants were riding along,
  • Numbers 22:23 - Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.
  • Numbers 22:24 - Then the angel of the Lord stood at a place where the road narrowed between two vineyard walls.
  • Numbers 22:25 - When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.
  • Numbers 22:26 - Then the angel of the Lord moved farther down the road and stood in a place too narrow for the donkey to get by at all.
  • Numbers 22:27 - This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.
  • Numbers 22:28 - Then the Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.
  • Numbers 22:29 - “You have made me look like a fool!” Balaam shouted. “If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”
  • Numbers 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?” “No,” Balaam admitted.
  • Numbers 22:31 - Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam bowed his head and fell face down on the ground before him.
  • Numbers 22:32 - “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the Lord demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.
  • Numbers 22:33 - Three times the donkey saw me and shied away; otherwise, I would certainly have killed you by now and spared the donkey.”
  • Numbers 22:34 - Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.”
  • Numbers 22:35 - But the angel of the Lord told Balaam, “Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak’s officials.
  • Numbers 22:36 - When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land.
  • Numbers 22:37 - “Didn’t I send you an urgent invitation? Why didn’t you come right away?” Balak asked Balaam. “Didn’t you believe me when I said I would reward you richly?”
  • Numbers 22:38 - Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.”
  • Numbers 22:39 - Then Balaam accompanied Balak to Kiriath-huzoth,
  • Numbers 22:40 - where the king sacrificed cattle and sheep. He sent portions of the meat to Balaam and the officials who were with him.
  • Numbers 22:41 - The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see some of the people of Israel spread out below him.
  • Deuteronomy 2:9 - the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
Parallel VersesCross Reference
  • Deuteronomy 23:3 - “No Ammonite or Moabite or any of their descendants for ten generations may be admitted to the assembly of the Lord.
  • Numbers 24:1 - By now Balaam realized that the Lord was determined to bless Israel, so he did not resort to divination as before. Instead, he turned and looked out toward the wilderness,
  • Numbers 24:2 - where he saw the people of Israel camped, tribe by tribe. Then the Spirit of God came upon him,
  • Numbers 24:3 - and this is the message he delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,
  • Numbers 24:4 - the message of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  • Numbers 24:5 - How beautiful are your tents, O Jacob; how lovely are your homes, O Israel!
  • Numbers 24:6 - They spread before me like palm groves, like gardens by the riverside. They are like tall trees planted by the Lord, like cedars beside the waters.
  • Numbers 24:7 - Water will flow from their buckets; their offspring have all they need. Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted.
  • Numbers 24:8 - God brought them out of Egypt; for them he is as strong as a wild ox. He devours all the nations that oppose him, breaking their bones in pieces, shooting them with arrows.
  • Numbers 24:9 - Like a lion, Israel crouches and lies down; like a lioness, who dares to arouse her? Blessed is everyone who blesses you, O Israel, and cursed is everyone who curses you.”
  • Numbers 24:10 - King Balak flew into a rage against Balaam. He angrily clapped his hands and shouted, “I called you to curse my enemies! Instead, you have blessed them three times.
  • Numbers 24:11 - Now get out of here! Go back home! I promised to reward you richly, but the Lord has kept you from your reward.”
  • Numbers 24:12 - Balaam told Balak, “Don’t you remember what I told your messengers? I said,
  • Numbers 24:13 - ‘Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord.’ I told you that I could say only what the Lord says!
  • Numbers 24:14 - Now I am returning to my own people. But first let me tell you what the Israelites will do to your people in the future.”
  • Numbers 24:15 - This is the message Balaam delivered: “This is the message of Balaam son of Beor, the message of the man whose eyes see clearly,
  • Numbers 24:16 - the message of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
  • Numbers 24:17 - I see him, but not here and now. I perceive him, but far in the distant future. A star will rise from Jacob; a scepter will emerge from Israel. It will crush the heads of Moab’s people, cracking the skulls of the people of Sheth.
  • Numbers 24:18 - Edom will be taken over, and Seir, its enemy, will be conquered, while Israel marches on in triumph.
  • Numbers 24:19 - A ruler will rise in Jacob who will destroy the survivors of Ir.”
  • Numbers 24:20 - Then Balaam looked over toward the people of Amalek and delivered this message: “Amalek was the greatest of nations, but its destiny is destruction!”
  • Numbers 24:21 - Then he looked over toward the Kenites and delivered this message: “Your home is secure; your nest is set in the rocks.
  • Numbers 24:22 - But the Kenites will be destroyed when Assyria takes you captive.”
  • Numbers 24:23 - Balaam concluded his messages by saying: “Alas, who can survive unless God has willed it?
  • Numbers 24:24 - Ships will come from the coasts of Cyprus ; they will oppress Assyria and afflict Eber, but they, too, will be utterly destroyed.”
  • Numbers 24:25 - Then Balaam left and returned home, and Balak also went on his way.
  • Ruth 4:10 - And with the land I have acquired Ruth, the Moabite widow of Mahlon, to be my wife. This way she can have a son to carry on the family name of her dead husband and to inherit the family property here in his hometown. You are all witnesses today.”
  • Deuteronomy 2:19 - and enter the land of the Ammonites, the descendants of Lot. But do not bother them or start a war with them. I have given the land of Ammon to them as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
  • Numbers 21:29 - What sorrow awaits you, O people of Moab! You are finished, O worshipers of Chemosh! Chemosh has left his sons as refugees, his daughters as captives of Sihon, the Amorite king.
  • 2 Kings 3:1 - Ahab’s son Joram began to rule over Israel in the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria twelve years.
  • 2 Kings 3:2 - He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight, but not to the same extent as his father and mother. He at least tore down the sacred pillar of Baal that his father had set up.
  • 2 Kings 3:3 - Nevertheless, he continued in the sins that Jeroboam son of Nebat had committed and led the people of Israel to commit.
  • 2 Kings 3:4 - King Mesha of Moab was a sheep breeder. He used to pay the king of Israel an annual tribute of 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
  • 2 Kings 3:5 - But after Ahab’s death, the king of Moab rebelled against the king of Israel.
  • 2 Kings 3:6 - So King Joram promptly mustered the army of Israel and marched from Samaria.
  • 2 Kings 3:7 - On the way, he sent this message to King Jehoshaphat of Judah: “The king of Moab has rebelled against me. Will you join me in battle against him?” And Jehoshaphat replied, “Why, of course! You and I are as one. My troops are your troops, and my horses are your horses.”
  • 2 Kings 3:8 - Then Jehoshaphat asked, “What route will we take?” “We will attack from the wilderness of Edom,” Joram replied.
  • 2 Kings 3:9 - The king of Edom and his troops joined them, and all three armies traveled along a roundabout route through the wilderness for seven days. But there was no water for the men or their animals.
  • 2 Kings 3:10 - “What should we do?” the king of Israel cried out. “The Lord has brought the three of us here to let the king of Moab defeat us.”
  • 2 Kings 3:11 - But King Jehoshaphat of Judah asked, “Is there no prophet of the Lord with us? If there is, we can ask the Lord what to do through him.” One of King Joram’s officers replied, “Elisha son of Shaphat is here. He used to be Elijah’s personal assistant. ”
  • 2 Kings 3:12 - Jehoshaphat said, “Yes, the Lord speaks through him.” So the king of Israel, King Jehoshaphat of Judah, and the king of Edom went to consult with Elisha.
  • 2 Kings 3:13 - “Why are you coming to me?” Elisha asked the king of Israel. “Go to the pagan prophets of your father and mother!” But King Joram of Israel said, “No! For it was the Lord who called us three kings here—only to be defeated by the king of Moab!”
  • 2 Kings 3:14 - Elisha replied, “As surely as the Lord Almighty lives, whom I serve, I wouldn’t even bother with you except for my respect for King Jehoshaphat of Judah.
  • 2 Kings 3:15 - Now bring me someone who can play the harp.” While the harp was being played, the power of the Lord came upon Elisha,
  • 2 Kings 3:16 - and he said, “This is what the Lord says: This dry valley will be filled with pools of water!
  • 2 Kings 3:17 - You will see neither wind nor rain, says the Lord, but this valley will be filled with water. You will have plenty for yourselves and your cattle and other animals.
  • 2 Kings 3:18 - But this is only a simple thing for the Lord, for he will make you victorious over the army of Moab!
  • 2 Kings 3:19 - You will conquer the best of their towns, even the fortified ones. You will cut down all their good trees, stop up all their springs, and ruin all their good land with stones.”
  • 2 Kings 3:20 - The next day at about the time when the morning sacrifice was offered, water suddenly appeared! It was flowing from the direction of Edom, and soon there was water everywhere.
  • 2 Kings 3:21 - Meanwhile, when the people of Moab heard about the three armies marching against them, they mobilized every man who was old enough to strap on a sword, and they stationed themselves along their border.
  • 2 Kings 3:22 - But when they got up the next morning, the sun was shining across the water, making it appear red to the Moabites—like blood.
  • 2 Kings 3:23 - “It’s blood!” the Moabites exclaimed. “The three armies must have attacked and killed each other! Let’s go, men of Moab, and collect the plunder!”
  • 2 Kings 3:24 - But when the Moabites arrived at the Israelite camp, the army of Israel rushed out and attacked them until they turned and ran. The army of Israel chased them into the land of Moab, destroying everything as they went.
  • 2 Kings 3:25 - They destroyed the towns, covered their good land with stones, stopped up all the springs, and cut down all the good trees. Finally, only Kir-hareseth and its stone walls were left, but men with slings surrounded and attacked it.
  • 2 Kings 3:26 - When the king of Moab saw that he was losing the battle, he led 700 of his swordsmen in a desperate attempt to break through the enemy lines near the king of Edom, but they failed.
  • 2 Kings 3:27 - Then the king of Moab took his oldest son, who would have been the next king, and sacrificed him as a burnt offering on the wall. So there was great anger against Israel, and the Israelites withdrew and returned to their own land.
  • Judges 3:1 - These are the nations that the Lord left in the land to test those Israelites who had not experienced the wars of Canaan.
  • Judges 3:2 - He did this to teach warfare to generations of Israelites who had no experience in battle.
  • Judges 3:3 - These are the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
  • Judges 3:4 - These people were left to test the Israelites—to see whether they would obey the commands the Lord had given to their ancestors through Moses.
  • Judges 3:5 - So the people of Israel lived among the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites,
  • Judges 3:6 - and they intermarried with them. Israelite sons married their daughters, and Israelite daughters were given in marriage to their sons. And the Israelites served their gods.
  • Judges 3:7 - The Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight. They forgot about the Lord their God, and they served the images of Baal and the Asherah poles.
  • Judges 3:8 - Then the Lord burned with anger against Israel, and he turned them over to King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram-naharaim. And the Israelites served Cushan-rishathaim for eight years.
  • Judges 3:9 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Othniel, the son of Caleb’s younger brother, Kenaz.
  • Judges 3:10 - The Spirit of the Lord came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge. He went to war against King Cushan-rishathaim of Aram, and the Lord gave Othniel victory over him.
  • Judges 3:11 - So there was peace in the land for forty years. Then Othniel son of Kenaz died.
  • Judges 3:12 - Once again the Israelites did evil in the Lord’s sight, and the Lord gave King Eglon of Moab control over Israel because of their evil.
  • Judges 3:13 - Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.
  • Judges 3:14 - And the Israelites served Eglon of Moab for eighteen years.
  • Judges 3:15 - But when the people of Israel cried out to the Lord for help, the Lord again raised up a rescuer to save them. His name was Ehud son of Gera, a left-handed man of the tribe of Benjamin. The Israelites sent Ehud to deliver their tribute money to King Eglon of Moab.
  • Judges 3:16 - So Ehud made a double-edged dagger that was about a foot long, and he strapped it to his right thigh, keeping it hidden under his clothing.
  • Judges 3:17 - He brought the tribute money to Eglon, who was very fat.
  • Judges 3:18 - After delivering the payment, Ehud started home with those who had helped carry the tribute.
  • Judges 3:19 - But when Ehud reached the stone idols near Gilgal, he turned back. He came to Eglon and said, “I have a secret message for you.” So the king commanded his servants, “Be quiet!” and he sent them all out of the room.
  • Judges 3:20 - Ehud walked over to Eglon, who was sitting alone in a cool upstairs room. And Ehud said, “I have a message from God for you!” As King Eglon rose from his seat,
  • Judges 3:21 - Ehud reached with his left hand, pulled out the dagger strapped to his right thigh, and plunged it into the king’s belly.
  • Judges 3:22 - The dagger went so deep that the handle disappeared beneath the king’s fat. So Ehud did not pull out the dagger, and the king’s bowels emptied.
  • Judges 3:23 - Then Ehud closed and locked the doors of the room and escaped down the latrine.
  • Judges 3:24 - After Ehud was gone, the king’s servants returned and found the doors to the upstairs room locked. They thought he might be using the latrine in the room,
  • Judges 3:25 - so they waited. But when the king didn’t come out after a long delay, they became concerned and got a key. And when they opened the doors, they found their master dead on the floor.
  • Judges 3:26 - While the servants were waiting, Ehud escaped, passing the stone idols on his way to Seirah.
  • Judges 3:27 - When he arrived in the hill country of Ephraim, Ehud sounded a call to arms. Then he led a band of Israelites down from the hills.
  • Judges 3:28 - “Follow me,” he said, “for the Lord has given you victory over Moab your enemy.” So they followed him. And the Israelites took control of the shallow crossings of the Jordan River across from Moab, preventing anyone from crossing.
  • Judges 3:29 - They attacked the Moabites and killed about 10,000 of their strongest and most able-bodied warriors. Not one of them escaped.
  • Judges 3:30 - So Moab was conquered by Israel that day, and there was peace in the land for eighty years.
  • Judges 3:31 - After Ehud, Shamgar son of Anath rescued Israel. He once killed 600 Philistines with an ox goad.
  • 2 Samuel 8:1 - After this, David defeated and subdued the Philistines by conquering Gath, their largest town.
  • 2 Samuel 8:2 - David also conquered the land of Moab. He made the people lie down on the ground in a row, and he measured them off in groups with a length of rope. He measured off two groups to be executed for every one group to be spared. The Moabites who were spared became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money.
  • 2 Samuel 8:3 - David also destroyed the forces of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, when Hadadezer marched out to strengthen his control along the Euphrates River.
  • 2 Samuel 8:4 - David captured 1,000 chariots, 7,000 charioteers, and 20,000 foot soldiers. He crippled all the chariot horses except enough for 100 chariots.
  • 2 Samuel 8:5 - When Arameans from Damascus arrived to help King Hadadezer, David killed 22,000 of them.
  • 2 Samuel 8:6 - Then he placed several army garrisons in Damascus, the Aramean capital, and the Arameans became David’s subjects and paid him tribute money. So the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
  • 2 Samuel 8:7 - David brought the gold shields of Hadadezer’s officers to Jerusalem,
  • 2 Samuel 8:8 - along with a large amount of bronze from Hadadezer’s towns of Tebah and Berothai.
  • 2 Samuel 8:9 - When King Toi of Hamath heard that David had destroyed the entire army of Hadadezer,
  • 2 Samuel 8:10 - he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
  • 2 Samuel 8:11 - King David dedicated all these gifts to the Lord, as he did with the silver and gold from the other nations he had defeated—
  • 2 Samuel 8:12 - from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
  • 2 Samuel 8:13 - So David became even more famous when he returned from destroying 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  • 2 Samuel 8:14 - He placed army garrisons throughout Edom, and all the Edomites became David’s subjects. In fact, the Lord made David victorious wherever he went.
  • 2 Samuel 8:15 - So David reigned over all Israel and did what was just and right for all his people.
  • 2 Samuel 8:16 - Joab son of Zeruiah was commander of the army. Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.
  • 2 Samuel 8:17 - Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were the priests. Seraiah was the court secretary.
  • 2 Samuel 8:18 - Benaiah son of Jehoiada was captain of the king’s bodyguard. And David’s sons served as priestly leaders.
  • Numbers 22:1 - Then the people of Israel traveled to the plains of Moab and camped east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
  • Numbers 22:2 - Balak son of Zippor, the Moabite king, had seen everything the Israelites did to the Amorites.
  • Numbers 22:3 - And when the people of Moab saw how many Israelites there were, they were terrified.
  • Numbers 22:4 - The king of Moab said to the elders of Midian, “This mob will devour everything in sight, like an ox devours grass in the field!” So Balak, king of Moab,
  • Numbers 22:5 - sent messengers to call Balaam son of Beor, who was living in his native land of Pethor near the Euphrates River. His message said: “Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt. They cover the face of the earth and are threatening me.
  • Numbers 22:6 - Please come and curse these people for me because they are too powerful for me. Then perhaps I will be able to conquer them and drive them from the land. I know that blessings fall on any people you bless, and curses fall on people you curse.”
  • Numbers 22:7 - Balak’s messengers, who were elders of Moab and Midian, set out with money to pay Balaam to place a curse upon Israel. They went to Balaam and delivered Balak’s message to him.
  • Numbers 22:8 - “Stay here overnight,” Balaam said. “In the morning I will tell you whatever the Lord directs me to say.” So the officials from Moab stayed there with Balaam.
  • Numbers 22:9 - That night God came to Balaam and asked him, “Who are these men visiting you?”
  • Numbers 22:10 - Balaam said to God, “Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, has sent me this message:
  • Numbers 22:11 - ‘Look, a vast horde of people has arrived from Egypt, and they cover the face of the earth. Come and curse these people for me. Then perhaps I will be able to stand up to them and drive them from the land.’”
  • Numbers 22:12 - But God told Balaam, “Do not go with them. You are not to curse these people, for they have been blessed!”
  • Numbers 22:13 - The next morning Balaam got up and told Balak’s officials, “Go on home! The Lord will not let me go with you.”
  • Numbers 22:14 - So the Moabite officials returned to King Balak and reported, “Balaam refused to come with us.”
  • Numbers 22:15 - Then Balak tried again. This time he sent a larger number of even more distinguished officials than those he had sent the first time.
  • Numbers 22:16 - They went to Balaam and delivered this message to him: “This is what Balak son of Zippor says: Please don’t let anything stop you from coming to help me.
  • Numbers 22:17 - I will pay you very well and do whatever you tell me. Just come and curse these people for me!”
  • Numbers 22:18 - But Balaam responded to Balak’s messengers, “Even if Balak were to give me his palace filled with silver and gold, I would be powerless to do anything against the will of the Lord my God.
  • Numbers 22:19 - But stay here one more night, and I will see if the Lord has anything else to say to me.”
  • Numbers 22:20 - That night God came to Balaam and told him, “Since these men have come for you, get up and go with them. But do only what I tell you to do.”
  • Numbers 22:21 - So the next morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and started off with the Moabite officials.
  • Numbers 22:22 - But God was angry that Balaam was going, so he sent the angel of the Lord to stand in the road to block his way. As Balaam and two servants were riding along,
  • Numbers 22:23 - Balaam’s donkey saw the angel of the Lord standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand. The donkey bolted off the road into a field, but Balaam beat it and turned it back onto the road.
  • Numbers 22:24 - Then the angel of the Lord stood at a place where the road narrowed between two vineyard walls.
  • Numbers 22:25 - When the donkey saw the angel of the Lord, it tried to squeeze by and crushed Balaam’s foot against the wall. So Balaam beat the donkey again.
  • Numbers 22:26 - Then the angel of the Lord moved farther down the road and stood in a place too narrow for the donkey to get by at all.
  • Numbers 22:27 - This time when the donkey saw the angel, it lay down under Balaam. In a fit of rage Balaam beat the animal again with his staff.
  • Numbers 22:28 - Then the Lord gave the donkey the ability to speak. “What have I done to you that deserves your beating me three times?” it asked Balaam.
  • Numbers 22:29 - “You have made me look like a fool!” Balaam shouted. “If I had a sword with me, I would kill you!”
  • Numbers 22:30 - “But I am the same donkey you have ridden all your life,” the donkey answered. “Have I ever done anything like this before?” “No,” Balaam admitted.
  • Numbers 22:31 - Then the Lord opened Balaam’s eyes, and he saw the angel of the Lord standing in the roadway with a drawn sword in his hand. Balaam bowed his head and fell face down on the ground before him.
  • Numbers 22:32 - “Why did you beat your donkey those three times?” the angel of the Lord demanded. “Look, I have come to block your way because you are stubbornly resisting me.
  • Numbers 22:33 - Three times the donkey saw me and shied away; otherwise, I would certainly have killed you by now and spared the donkey.”
  • Numbers 22:34 - Then Balaam confessed to the angel of the Lord, “I have sinned. I didn’t realize you were standing in the road to block my way. I will return home if you are against my going.”
  • Numbers 22:35 - But the angel of the Lord told Balaam, “Go with these men, but say only what I tell you to say.” So Balaam went on with Balak’s officials.
  • Numbers 22:36 - When King Balak heard that Balaam was on the way, he went out to meet him at a Moabite town on the Arnon River at the farthest border of his land.
  • Numbers 22:37 - “Didn’t I send you an urgent invitation? Why didn’t you come right away?” Balak asked Balaam. “Didn’t you believe me when I said I would reward you richly?”
  • Numbers 22:38 - Balaam replied, “Look, now I have come, but I have no power to say whatever I want. I will speak only the message that God puts in my mouth.”
  • Numbers 22:39 - Then Balaam accompanied Balak to Kiriath-huzoth,
  • Numbers 22:40 - where the king sacrificed cattle and sheep. He sent portions of the meat to Balaam and the officials who were with him.
  • Numbers 22:41 - The next morning Balak took Balaam up to Bamoth-baal. From there he could see some of the people of Israel spread out below him.
  • Deuteronomy 2:9 - the Lord warned us, ‘Do not bother the Moabites, the descendants of Lot, or start a war with them. I have given them Ar as their property, and I will not give you any of their land.’”
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