Numbers 24:21-22
“And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.”
King James Version
The Kenites dwelling securely in rocks but eventually being conquered by Assyria, fulfilled in the Assyrian campaigns.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Judges 4:11
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
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