Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
Numbers 24:7 - New International Version (Anglicised) Water will flow from their buckets; their seed will have abundant water. ‘Their king will be greater than Agag; their kingdom will be exalted. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition [Israel] shall pour water out of his own buckets [have his own sources of rich blessing and plenty], and his offspring shall dwell by many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. American Standard Version (1901) Water shall flow from his buckets, And his seed shall be in many waters, And his king shall be higher than Agag, And his kingdom shall be exalted. Common English Bible Water will drip from his branches; his seed will have plenty of water; his king will be higher than Agag, and his kingdom will be lifted up. Catholic Public Domain Version Water shall flow from his jar, and his offspring shall be amid many waters, because Agag, his king, shall be taken, and his kingdom shall be removed. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Water shall flow out of his bucket: and his seed shall be in many waters. For Agag his king shall be removed: and his kingdom shall be taken away. |
Then David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and had exalted his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These countries brought tribute and were Solomon’s subjects all his life.
When Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king to succeed his father David, he sent his envoys to Solomon, because he had always been on friendly terms with David.
And David knew that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that his kingdom had been highly exalted for the sake of his people Israel.
Jerusalem has had powerful kings ruling over the whole of Trans-Euphrates, and taxes, tribute and duty were paid to them.
After these events, King Xerxes honoured Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him and giving him a seat of honour higher than that of all the other nobles.
You have delivered me from the attacks of the people; you have made me the head of nations. People I did not know now serve me,
Praise God in the great congregation; praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.
And I will appoint him to be my firstborn, the most exalted of the kings of the earth.
In the last days the mountain of the Lord’s temple will be established as the highest of the mountains; it will be exalted above the hills, and all nations will stream to it.
In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.
‘Listen to this, you descendants of Jacob, you who are called by the name of Israel and come from the line of Judah, you who take oaths in the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel – but not in truth or righteousness –
Of the greatness of his government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on David’s throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding it with justice and righteousness from that time on and for ever. The zeal of the Lord Almighty will accomplish this.
You who live by many waters and are rich in treasures, your end has come, the time for you to be destroyed.
‘In the time of those kings, the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be destroyed, nor will it be left to another people. It will crush all those kingdoms and bring them to an end, but it will itself endure for ever.
Then Balaam saw Amalek and spoke his message: ‘Amalek was first among the nations, but their end will be utter destruction.’
Then Nathanael declared, ‘Rabbi, you are the Son of God; you are the king of Israel.’
The seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, which said: ‘The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will reign for ever and ever.’
One of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and said to me, ‘Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits by many waters.
Then the angel said to me, ‘The waters you saw, where the prostitute sits, are peoples, multitudes, nations and languages.
On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: King of kings and lord of lords.