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 opening — all 2 verses are below
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The Kenites dwelling securely in rocks but eventually being conquered by Assyria, fulfilled in the Assyrian campaigns.
Read the whole passage — all 2 verses (KJV)
24:21And he looked on the Kenites, and took up his parable, and said, Strong is thy dwellingplace, and thou puttest thy nest in a rock.
24:22Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry thee away captive.
Fulfillment References
2 Kings 17:6 Judges 4:11
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