What does the Bible say about amalekites?
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The Bible portrays the Amalekites as persistent enemies of Israel, whose opposition to God’s covenant people brought divine judgment while also displaying God’s faithfulness to defend and preserve his people. They appear early in Genesis 14:7 and later dwell in the land described in Numbers 13:29 and 14:25. In Exodus 17:8-13, Israel’s victory over Amalek comes through the Lord’s power as Moses intercedes. Saul was commanded to execute God’s judgment against Amalek, yet his incomplete obedience proved spiritually disastrous in 1 Samuel 15. David also fought them in 1 Samuel 27:8, while 1 Samuel 14:47-48 records Saul’s deliverance of Israel from their raids.
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- A people inhabiting the country south of Idumea and east of the Red Sea Numbers 13:29; Numbers 14:25; 1 Samuel 15:7; 1 Samuel 27:8
- Defeated by Chedorlaomer Genesis 14:7
- Defeated by Joshua Exodus 17:8; Exodus 17:13
- Defeated by Gideon Judges 7
- Defeated by Saul 1 Samuel 14:47; 1 Samuel 14:48; 1 Samuel 15:1-33
- Defeated by David 1 Samuel 27:8; 1 Samuel 27:9; 1 Samuel 30:1-20
- Defeated by the Simeonites 1 Chronicles 4:42; 1 Chronicles 4:43
- Defeat the Israelites Numbers 14:45; Judges 3:13
- Israel commanded to destroy Deuteronomy 25:17-19; 1 Samuel 28:18
- Prophecies against Exodus 17:14; Exodus 17:16; Numbers 24:20
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