Numbers 24:24

Chittim

Pronounced Kittim. (Genesis 10:4); (Daniel 11:30).

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Chittim - i. e., Cyprus, the nearest of the western islands, the only one visible from Palestine, and so the representative to Balsam and to Isra...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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) T...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Three Appended Oracles. These additional oracles, relating to other peoples than the Moabites, are probably derived from neither E nor J, but have...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Chittim. . son of Javan, son of Japheth. Genesis 10:4 . Probably Cyprus, including north coast-line of Mediterranean, spelled Kittim in Genesis 10...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim. It is unquestionable that the word Chittim is sometimes used for the Greeks. Some, indee...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 co...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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 sh...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam (continued) 1-9. Balaam's Third Utterance.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BALAAM'S PARABLES Numbers 22:39-41 , Numbers 24:1-9 THE scene is now on some mountain of Moab from which the encampment of the Hebrew tribes i...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE MATTER OF BAAL-PEOR Numbers 24:10-25 ; Numbers 25:1-18 THE last oracle of Balaam, as we have it, ventures into far more explicit predictio...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the “Star out of Jacob” Numbers 24:15-25 When your heart is dismayed because of the hatred and opposition of Satan; the great accuser, turn to...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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, N...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 sa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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....
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 we...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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 blessin...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Balaam's Prophecy. B. C. 1452. 15 An...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Balaam Prophesies Concerning Eber (Israel and their fellow Semites) ( Numbers 24:23-24 ). Numbers 24:23 a ‘And he took up his oracle, and said...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 th...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Numbers 24:1 As at other times, or, "as (he had done) time after time." Septuagint, κατὰ τὸ εἰωθός. To seek for enchantments. Ra...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of The Star of Jacob.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 10:20 ; Daniel 11:30 ; Daniel 11:45 ; Daniel 2:35 ; Daniel 2:45 ; Daniel 7:19 ; Daniel 7:20 ; Daniel 7:23-26 ; Daniel 8:21 ; Daniel...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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 t...

²⁴ And ships shall come from the coast of Chittim, and shall afflict Asshur, and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall perish for ever.

Related Commentaries of Numbers 24:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Numbers 24:24