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“People of Israel,
    your camp is lovely.
It's like a grove of palm trees[a]
    or a garden beside a river.
You are like tall aloe trees
    that the Lord has planted,
or like cedars
    growing near water.
You and your descendants
will prosper like an orchard
    beside a stream.
Your king will rule with power
and be a greater king
    than Agag the Amalekite.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 24.6 grove of palm trees: Or “green valley.”
  2. 24.7 Agag the Amalekite: The Amalekites were longtime enemies of the Israelites (see Exodus 17.8-16), and Agag was one of their most powerful kings.

“How beautiful are your tents,(A) Jacob,
    your dwelling places, Israel!

“Like valleys they spread out,
    like gardens beside a river,(B)
like aloes(C) planted by the Lord,
    like cedars beside the waters.(D)
Water will flow from their buckets;
    their seed will have abundant water.

“Their king will be greater than Agag;(E)
    their kingdom will be exalted.(F)

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How goodly are thy tents, O Jacob, and thy tabernacles, O Israel!

As the valleys are they spread forth, as gardens by the river's side, as the trees of lign aloes which the Lord hath planted, and as cedar trees beside the waters.

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.

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