Balaam decides not to curse the Israelites because he's powerless against the Lord, anyway, and talks about how wonderful they are and blesses them. King Balak is furious. Balaam talks about how the nations will be destroyed unless they obey the God of Israel.
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(Numbers 24:7) "His king shall be higher than Agag."
Skeptics Annotated Bible points out that Balaam couldn't have known about Agag since Agag didn't live until the time of King Saul. (See 1Samuel 15:33 where Samuel hacks king Agag into pieces.)
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Ooops, should have said solid post! Can't wait on the next post!