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I shall see him: The Targum of Onkelos translates this passage in the following manner: "I shall see him, but not now; I shall behold him, but he is not near. When a king shall arise from the house of Jacob, and the Messiah be anointed from the house of Israel; he shall slay the princes of Moab, and rule over all the children of men." The marginal references will direct the reader to the fulfilment of these remarkable prophecies. Job 19:25-27; Zec 12:10; Jud 1:11, Jud 1:14-15; Rev 1:7
a Star: Mat 2:2-9; Luk 1:78; 2Pe 1:19; Rev 22:16
a Sceptre: Gen 49:10; Psa 45:6, Psa 78:70-72, Psa 110:2; Isa 9:7; Luk 1:32-33; Heb 1:8
smite the corners of Moab: or, smite through the princes of Moab, 1Sa 14:38 *marg. Zec 10:4
Moab: 2Sa 8:2; 2Ki 3:5, 2Ki 3:26-27; 1Ch 18:2; Jer 48:45
all the children: Gen 4:25-26, Gen 5:3-29
Sheth: Psa 72:8-11; Rev 11:15