Amalek
Amalek appears in 28 verses of the Bible, from Exodus to Psalms.
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Amalek, a grandson of Esau, fathered the Amalekites, who attacked Israel after the Exodus and whose sparing by Saul cost him the kingdom (1 Samuel 15).
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While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them.
Exodus 17:8 · Read the chapter -
The Amalekites live in the Negev, and the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country. The Canaanites live along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea and along the Jordan Valley.”
Numbers 13:29 · Read the chapter -
“Never forget what the Amalekites did to you as you came from Egypt.
Deuteronomy 25:17 · Read the chapter -
Eglon enlisted the Ammonites and Amalekites as allies, and then he went out and defeated Israel, taking possession of Jericho, the city of palms.
Judges 3:13 · Read the chapter -
This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:2 · Read the chapter -
from Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek—and from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
2 Samuel 8:12 · Read the chapter
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