Numbers 24:19

Destroy him that remaineth of the city -i. e., shall destroy those of every city that had previously escaped. The phrase tersely describes a conqueror who first defeats his enemies in battle, and then hunts out the fugitives until he has cut off all of every place (compare1 Kings 11:16). The victories of David were a partial accomplishment of the predictionsNumbers 24:14,Numbers 24:18, but did not exhaust them. It is apparent that Edom and Moab are named by Balaam, as they are also by the prophets (compare e. g.,Isaiah 11:14), as representatives of the pagan nationsNumbers 24:8who were hostile to the theocracy.