Numbers 24:7
7Water shall flow from his buckets,and his seed shall be ain many waters;
his king shall be higher than bAgag,
and chis kingdom shall be exalted.
1 Samuel 15:3
3Now go and strike Amalek and ddevote to destruction ▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21
all that they have. Do not spare them, fbut kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’” 1 Kings 20:30
30And the rest fled into the city of gAphek, and the wall fell upon 27,000 men who were left.Ben-hadad also fled and entered han inner chamber in the city.
1 Kings 20:34-42
34And Ben-hadad said to him, i“The cities that my father took from your father I will restore, and you may establish bazaars for yourself in jDamascus, as my father did in Samaria.” And Ahab said, “I will let you go on these terms.” So he made a covenant with him and let him go.A Prophet Condemns Ben-hadad’s Release
35And a certain man of kthe sons of the prophets said to his fellow lat the command of the Lord, “Strike me, please.” But the man refused to strike him. 36Then he said to him, “Because you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord, behold, as soon as you have gone from me, a lion shall strike you down.” And as soon as he had departed from him, ma lion met him and struck him down. 37Then he found another man and said, “Strike me, please.” And the man struck him—struck him and wounded him. 38So the prophet departed and waited for the king by the way, ndisguising himself with a bandage over his eyes. 39And as the king passed, he cried to the king and said, “Your servant went out into the midst of the battle, and behold, a soldier turned and brought a man to me and said, ‘Guard this man; if by any means he is missing, oyour life shall be for his life, or else you shall pay a talent ▼▼A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
of silver.’ 40And as your servant was busy here and there, he was gone.” The king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you yourself have decided it.” 41Then he hurried to take the bandage away from his eyes, and the king of Israel recognized him as one of the prophets. 42And he said to him, “Thus says the Lord, ‘Because you have let go out of your hand the man whom I had devoted to destruction, ▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)
therefore ryour life shall be for his life, and your people for his people.’” Esther 3:1
Haman Plots Against the Jews
1After these things King Ahasuerus spromoted Haman tthe Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, uand advanced him and set his throne above all the officials who were with him.
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