And ships [shall come] from the coast of (q) Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and (r) he also shall perish for ever.
(q) The Grecians and Romans.
(r) Meaning, Eber, or the Jews for rebelling against God.
Verse Numbers 24:24. _SHIPS_ SHALL COME _FROM THE COAST OF CHITTIM_] Some think by Chittim the Romans, others the Macedonians under Alexander the Great, are meant. It is certain that the Romans did c...
CHITTIM - i. e., Cyprus, the nearest of the western islands, the only one visible from Palestine, and so the representative to Balsam and to Israel of all those unknown western regions across the Medi...
THE PARABLES OF BALAAM Chapter S 23-24 _ 1. The first parable (Numbers 23:1)_ 2. Balak's surprise and Balaam's answer (Numbers 23:11) 3. At Zophim (Numbers 23:13) 4. The second parable
THREE APPENDED ORACLES. These additional oracles, relating to other peoples than the Moabites, are probably derived from neither E nor J, but have been inserted by an editor from other sources. NUMBE...
CHITTIM.. son of Javan, son of Japheth. Genesis 10:4. Probably Cyprus, including north coast-line of Mediterranean, spelled Kittim in Genesis 10:4 and 1 Chronicles 1:7. AFFLICT. humble. ASSHUR. Assyr...
_Balaam's last prophetic message_. This is the most obscure of all the poems. The translation is uncertain, and no historical event is known to which the words can refer. Kittim, derived from Kitti a...
_ships_shall come … _Kittim ships_ FROM THE SIDE _of Kittim_. The clause has no verb, and, if the text is right, it must form the subject of the following verb -shall afflict," the intervening -and" b...
H. FINAL BLESSING, AND PROPHECY vv. 10-25 TEXT Numbers 24:10. And Balak's anger was kindled against Balaam, and he smote his hands together: and Balak said unto Balaam, I called thee to curse mine ene...
_AND SHIPS SHALL COME FROM THE COAST OF CHITTIM, AND SHALL AFFLICT ASSHUR, AND SHALL AFFLICT EBER, AND HE ALSO SHALL PERISH FOR EVER._ Ships shall come from the coast of Chittim х_ MIYAD_ (H3027) _ K...
24:24 Chittim, (f-9) i.e. Cyprus, as Isaiah 23:1 ....
BALAAM (CONTINUED) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance....
CHITTIM] the dwellers in Cyprus or in the islands of the Mediterranean generally. They are said to have emigrated from Phœnicia. In Genesis 10:4 the Chittim are said to be descended from Javan, the an...
THE OLD TESTAMENT BOOK OF NUMBERS IN THE DESERT NUMBERS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 24 BALAAM’S THIRD *PROPHECY – NUMBERS 24:1-14 V1 Balaam realised that the *LORD wanted to *bless the *Israe
AND SHIPS SHALL COME FROM THE COAST OF CHITTIM. — The _Chittim_ (or, _Kittim_) are said to have migrated from Phœnicia to Cyprus, and there founded the city of Citium, the modern _Chitti._ (See Joseph...
וְ צִים֙ מִ יַּ֣ד כִּתִּ֔ים וְ עִנּ֥וּ
BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39, Numbers 24:1 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes in the plain of the Jordan is fully visible. At Kiriath-huzoth,...
THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR Numbers 24:10; Numbers 25:1 THE last oracle of Balaam, as we have it, ventures into far more explicit predictions than the others, and passes beyond the range of Hebrew histor...
THE “STAR OUT OF JACOB” Numbers 24:15 When your heart is dismayed because of the hatred and opposition of Satan; the great accuser, turn to this chapter. If he stands up to resist, the Son of God sta...
From the closing sentences in chapter twenty-three we learn that Balaam was taken to yet another place of vision, from whence he looked on the desert. The Spirit of God came upon him and again he utte...
Italy. Hebrew, "Chittim," which Bochart endeavours to prove with great erudition to mean Italy; while Grotius contends it means Macedon, and Calmet doubts not but this is the import of the present tex...
Here ends the account of the conference. It is proper to observe, that the LORD'S judgments overtook Balaam before the death of Moses; as we read, Numbers 31:8. And which is recorded again by Joshua....
The successes given to the children of Israel alarmed some of their neighbours, more particularly Moab; and this gives occasion for a striking episode in the history which brought to issue as solemn a...
24._And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. _It is unquestionable that the word Chittim is sometimes used for the Greeks. Some, indeed, imagine that the Macedonians alone are strictly called b...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 22, 23, 24, AND 25. Moab also opposes in vain. Now they are in the plains of Moab, having only Jordan between them and the land of their rest. But had they a...
AND SHIPS [SHALL COME] FROM THE COAST OF CHITTIM,.... Kittim was the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4 and so designs some part of Greece: Josephus r says that Kittim possessed the island now called Cyprus,...
_And ships [shall come] from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever._ Ver. 24. _From the coast of Chittim._] Greece and Italy. These...
_From the coast of Chittim_ A place or people, so called from Chittim, the son of Javan, (Genesis 10:4,) whose posterity were very numerous, and were first seated in the lesser Asia, and from thence s...
1 Balaam leauing diuinations, prophesieth the happinesse of Israel. 10 Balak in anger dismisseth him. 15 He prophesieth of the starre of Iacob, and the destruction of some nations. [BALAAM BLESSETH...
Of The Star of Jacob....
And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish forever. Both the Semitic nations of the East, which included the inhabitants...
BALAAM'S THIRD PROPHECY (vs.1-13) THE BEAUTY OF LIFE At least Balaam had learned by now that the Lord had the unchangeable purpose of blessing Israel, so this time he knew it was useless to seek e...
15-25 Under the powerful influence of the Spirit of prophecy, Balaam foretold the future prosperity and extensive dominion of Israel. Balaam boasts that his eyes are open. The prophets were in old ti...
CHITTIM; a place or people so called from Chittim the son of Javan, GENESIS 10:4, whose posterity were very numerous, and were first seated in the Lesser Asia, and from thence sent forth colonies into...
Numbers 24:24 ships H6716 coasts H3027 Cyprus H3794 afflict H6031 (H8765) Asshur H804 afflict H6031 (H8765) Eber...
BALAAM PROPHESIES CONCERNING EBER (ISRAEL AND THEIR FELLOW SEMITES) (NUMBERS 24:23). Numbers 24:23 a ‘And he took up his oracle, and said,' We note immediately that he did not ‘look on' those of w...
CHITTIM Pronounced Kittim. (Genesis 10:4); (Daniel 11:30)....
CONTENTS: Balaam foretells prosperity for Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Balaam, Balak. CONCLUSION: Those who oppose God and His people will sooner or later be made to see themselves wretchedly deceived....
Numbers 24:7. _He shall pour the water._ This is a fine prediction of the increase of Jacob's seed, and of the temporal blessings which should fall to their lot. Agag, a perpetual name assumed by the...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:20 Balaam adds three short oracles against the nations: Israel’s future will be secure, as other nations are destroyed. ⇐...
NUMBERS—NOTE ON NUMBERS 24:23 These verses are difficult to interpret. It appears that Balaam predicts the Philistines (KITTIM) arriving on the coasts of Canaan. This happened in the twelfth century B...
CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES Numbers 24:1. _To seek for enchantments_. See Notes on Numbers 23:3; Numbers 23:23. _He set his face toward the wilderness, i.e._, towards the plains of Moab, where the...
NUMBERS 24:1 AS AT OTHER TIMES, or, "as (he had done) time after time." SEPTUAGINT, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. TO SEEK FOR ENCHANTMENTS. Rather, "for the meeting with aunties." לִקְמראת נְחַשִׁים. Septuagint...
So when Balaam saw that it pleased the LORD to bless Israel, he didn't even go up, as the other times before the LORD, [to seek the face or] to seek for enchantments, but he just set his face towards...
Daniel 10:20; Daniel 11:30; Daniel 11:45; Daniel 2:35; Daniel 2:45;...
Chittim — A place or people so called from Chittim the son of Javan, Genesis 10:4, whose posterity were very numerous, and were first seated in the lesser Asia, and from thence sent forth colonies int...