Amalek in Exodus 17:8 — Bible place

A tribe that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, between the Dead Sea and the Red Sea. They were not the descendants of Amalek, the son of Eliphaz, for they existed in the days of Abraham (Gen. 14:7). They were probably a tribe that migrated from the shores of the Persian Gulf and settled in Arabia. “They dwelt in the land of the south...from Havilah until thou comest to Shur” (Num. 13:29; 1 Sam. 15:7). They were a pastoral, and hence a nomadic race. Their kings bore the hereditary name of Agag (Num. 24:7; 1 Sam. 15:8). They attempted to stop the Israelites when they marched through their territory (Deut. 25:18), attacking them at Rephidim (Ex. 17:8-13; comp. Deut. 25:17; 1 Sam. 15:2). They afterwards attacked the Israelites at Hormah (Num. 14:45). We read of them subsequently as in league with the Moabites (Judg. 3:13) and the Midianites (Judg. 6:3). Saul finally desolated their territory and destroyed their power (1 Sam. 14:48; 15:3), and David recovered booty from them (1 Sam. 30:18-20). In the Babylonian inscriptions they are called Sute, in those of Egypt Sittiu, and the Amarna tablets include them under the general name of Khabbati, or “plunderers.”

Recorded scripture occurrences (18)

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Show passage in OET: EXO 17:8

OET-RV EXO 17:8

8 Then the Amalek army came and attacked Yisrael (Israel) at Refidim,

OET-LV EXO 17:8

8 And_ ˊAmālēq _it _came and_it _joined _battle with Yisrā^ʼēl/(Israel) at_Rəfīdīm.

Show passage in OET: EXO 17:9

OET-RV EXO 17:9

9 and Mosheh (Moses) instructed Yehoshua (Joshua), “Choose men for us and go out and fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I’ll be stationed on top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand.”

OET-LV EXO 17:9

9 And_ Mosheh _he/it _said to Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) choose to/for_us men and_go _out fight against_ˊAmālēq tomorrow I will _be_standing on the _top _of the _hill and_the _staff _of the_ʼElohīm will_be_of_in _my _hand.

Show passage in OET: EXO 17:10

OET-RV EXO 17:10

10 So Yehoshua prepared to fight Amalek as Mosheh had told him, and Mosheh, Aharon (Aaron), and Hur climbed up to the top of the hill.

OET-LV EXO 17:10

10 And_ Yəhōshūˊa _he/it _made just_as he _had _said to_him/it Mosheh by_fighting against_ˊAmālēq and_Mosheh ʼAhₐron and_Ḩūr they _went _up the _top _of the _hill.

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