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Numbers 24:22

Nevertheless the Kenite shall be wasted, until Asshur shall carry you away captive.
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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849
Captive. The Samaritan insinuates that they should return, 1 Paralipomenon ii. 55. "Though thy nest should be entirely consumed, thy inhabitants shall return out of Assyria. "(Calmet) Septuagint, "If to Beor (the capital) there should be nests of iniquity, the Assyrians will reduce thee to captivity. "Hebrew, "Yet the Cinite shall be wasted, till "(Haydock) The family of Jethro was now among the Hebrews, and their posterity were suffered to dwell with the tribe of Juda. Abor afterwards removed into the tribe of Nephthali, and was led away by Salmanasar, 4 Kings xvii. (Menochius) Some of the Cinites were mixed with the Amalecites, 1 Kings xv. 6. The Assyrians infested the neighbouring nations, as well as the Hebrews, under Sennacherib and Nabuchodonosor, as the prophets inform us. (Calmet)

Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation - 2 Peter 1:20

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