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Amalek

Every verse that names Amalek or the Amalekites, from Esau's grandson to the last of them, grouped by where they appear, then Agag and Haman the Agagite.

Explanation, not Scripture The verses are the text's own. The step from Agag to Haman the Agagite is a reading, and is labeled where it is made.

Where Amalek came from

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  • The country of the Amalekites

    Genesis 14:7Read the verse
    and smote all the country of the Amalekites, Genesis 14:7

    Explanation, not Scripture: this is in Abraham's day, before Amalek was born; many read it as the land called by the name it had when Moses wrote.

    Read it: Genesis 14:7

  • Amalek, Esau's grandson

    Genesis 36:12Read the verse
    and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: Genesis 36:12

    Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son (the same verse).

    Read it: Genesis 36:12

  • Duke Amalek

    Genesis 36:16Read the verse
    Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: Genesis 36:16

    The dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom (the same verse).

    Read it: Genesis 36:16

  • In the line of Eliphaz

    1 Chronicles 1:36Read the verse
    Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. 1 Chronicles 1:36

    The sons of Eliphaz, Esau's son (1 Chronicles 1:35-36).

    Read it: 1 Chronicles 1:36

The first battle, at Rephidim

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  • Then came Amalek

    Exodus 17:8Read the verse
    Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Exodus 17:8

    Israel had just come out of Egypt.

    Read it: Exodus 17:8

  • Joshua fought with Amalek

    Exodus 17:9 and 1 moreRead the verses

    Moses said

    Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: Exodus 17:9
    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: Exodus 17:10

    Read it: Exodus 17:9-10

  • When Moses held up his hand

    Exodus 17:11Read the verse
    And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. Exodus 17:11

    Aaron and Hur held up his hands until the going down of the sun (Exodus 17:12).

    Read it: Exodus 17:11

  • Joshua discomfited Amalek

    Exodus 17:13Read the verse
    And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Exodus 17:13

    Read it: Exodus 17:13

  • Write this for a memorial

    Exodus 17:14Read the verse

    The LORD said to Moses

    for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. Exodus 17:14

    Read it: Exodus 17:14

  • War from generation to generation

    Exodus 17:16Read the verse
    Because the LORD hath sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. Exodus 17:16

    Moses built an altar there and called it Jehovahnissi (Exodus 17:15).

    Read it: Exodus 17:15-16

In the wilderness

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  • The Amalekites dwell in the south

    Numbers 13:29Read the verse

    The spies said

    The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south: Numbers 13:29

    The report of the men sent to search the land of Canaan.

    Read it: Numbers 13:29

  • In the valley

    Numbers 14:25Read the verse
    (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Numbers 14:25

    Read it: Numbers 14:25

  • Smitten unto Hormah

    Numbers 14:43 and 1 moreRead the verses

    Moses said

    For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: Numbers 14:43
    Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites which dwelt in that hill, and smote them, and discomfited them, even unto Hormah. Numbers 14:45

    Israel went up after the LORD had said they would not enter the land (Numbers 14:40-44).

    Read it: Numbers 14:43-45

  • The first of the nations

    Numbers 24:20 and 1 moreRead the verses

    Balaam said

    Amalek was the first of the nations Numbers 24:20
    but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. Numbers 24:20

    Read it: Numbers 24:20

Remember what Amalek did

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  • Remember what Amalek did

    Deuteronomy 25:17Read the verse
    Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt Deuteronomy 25:17

    He smote the hindmost, all that were feeble behind, when Israel was faint and weary (Deuteronomy 25:18).

    Read it: Deuteronomy 25:17

  • Thou shalt not forget it

    Deuteronomy 25:19 and 1 moreRead the verses
    that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven Deuteronomy 25:19
    thou shalt not forget it. Deuteronomy 25:19

    Read it: Deuteronomy 25:19

In the days of the judges

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  • With Eglon of Moab

    Judges 3:13Read the verse
    And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek, and went and smote Israel, and possessed the city of palm trees. Judges 3:13

    Eglon king of Moab (Judges 3:12).

    Read it: Judges 3:13

  • In Deborah's song

    Judges 5:14Read the verse
    Out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek Judges 5:14

    Read it: Judges 5:14

  • With the Midianites, in Gideon's day

    Judges 6:3 and 2 moreRead the verses
    the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them Judges 6:3
    Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east were gathered together, and went over, and pitched in the valley of Jezreel. Judges 6:33
    And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude Judges 7:12

    Read it: Judges 6:3, Judges 6:33, Judges 7:12

  • They did oppress you

    Judges 10:12Read the verse

    The LORD said

    The Zidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you Judges 10:12

    Read it: Judges 10:12

  • The mount of the Amalekites

    Judges 12:15Read the verse
    in the mount of the Amalekites. Judges 12:15

    Where Abdon the judge was buried, in the land of Ephraim (the same verse).

    Read it: Judges 12:15

Saul and Agag

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  • Saul smote the Amalekites

    1 Samuel 14:48Read the verse
    And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 1 Samuel 14:48

    Read it: 1 Samuel 14:48

  • Go and smite Amalek

    1 Samuel 15:2 and 2 moreRead the verses

    The LORD said

    I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 1 Samuel 15:2
    Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not 1 Samuel 15:3
    And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 1 Samuel 15:5

    Said to Saul through Samuel (1 Samuel 15:1).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 15:2-5

  • The Kenites spared

    1 Samuel 15:6Read the verse

    Saul said

    Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: 1 Samuel 15:6

    For they shewed kindness to Israel when they came up out of Egypt (the same verse).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 15:6

  • Agag taken alive

    1 Samuel 15:7 and 1 moreRead the verses
    And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 1 Samuel 15:7
    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, 1 Samuel 15:8

    Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep (1 Samuel 15:9).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 15:7-9

  • Yea, I have obeyed

    1 Samuel 15:15 and 2 moreRead the verses

    Saul said

    They have brought them from the Amalekites: 1 Samuel 15:15

    Samuel said

    Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, 1 Samuel 15:18

    Saul said

    and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 15:20

    Samuel answered, "to obey is better than sacrifice" (1 Samuel 15:22), and the kingdom was rent from Saul (1 Samuel 15:28).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 15:15-20

  • Agag before Samuel

    1 Samuel 15:32 and 1 moreRead the verses

    Samuel said

    Bring ye hither to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. 1 Samuel 15:32
    And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal. 1 Samuel 15:33

    Read it: 1 Samuel 15:32-33

  • Because thou obeyedst not

    1 Samuel 28:18Read the verse

    Samuel said to Saul

    Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the LORD, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, 1 Samuel 28:18

    At Endor, the night before Saul's last battle (1 Samuel 28:7, 19).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 28:18

David and the Amalekites

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  • David invaded the Amalekites

    1 Samuel 27:8Read the verse
    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: 1 Samuel 27:8

    Read it: 1 Samuel 27:8

  • Ziklag burned

    1 Samuel 30:1Read the verse
    that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire 1 Samuel 30:1

    Read it: 1 Samuel 30:1

  • Servant to an Amalekite

    1 Samuel 30:13Read the verse
    I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite 1 Samuel 30:13

    He led David to them (1 Samuel 30:15-16).

    Read it: 1 Samuel 30:13

  • David recovered all

    1 Samuel 30:18Read the verse
    And David recovered all that the Amalekites had carried away: 1 Samuel 30:18

    Read it: 1 Samuel 30:18

  • The Amalekite who brought word of Saul

    2 Samuel 1:1 and 2 moreRead the verses
    when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, 2 Samuel 1:1
    I am an Amalekite. 2 Samuel 1:8
    I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite. 2 Samuel 1:13

    He said he had slain Saul (2 Samuel 1:10), and David had him put to death (2 Samuel 1:15).

    Read it: 2 Samuel 1:1-13

  • The spoil of Amalek, dedicated

    2 Samuel 8:12 and 1 moreRead the verses
    Of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 2 Samuel 8:12
    from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. 1 Chronicles 18:11

    King David dedicated it unto the LORD (2 Samuel 8:11).

    Read it: 2 Samuel 8:12, 1 Chronicles 18:11

The last of them

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  • The rest that were escaped

    1 Chronicles 4:43Read the verse
    And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. 1 Chronicles 4:43

    Men of the sons of Simeon, in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah (1 Chronicles 4:41-42).

    Read it: 1 Chronicles 4:43

  • Named in a psalm

    Psalm 83:7Read the verse
    Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek Psalm 83:7

    Among the nations confederate against God's people (Psalm 83:4-5).

    Read it: Psalm 83:7

Agag, and Haman the Agagite

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  • Higher than Agag

    Numbers 24:7Read the verse

    Balaam said

    and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. Numbers 24:7

    Strong's calls Agag "a title of Amalekitish kings" (H90).

    Read it: Numbers 24:7

  • Mordecai, the son of Kish, a Benjamite

    Esther 2:5Read the verse
    whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite Esther 2:5

    Saul, who spared Agag, was the son of a man named Kish, a Benjamite (1 Samuel 9:1-2).

    Read it: Esther 2:5

  • Haman the Agagite

    Esther 3:1Read the verse
    After these things did king Ahasuerus promote Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, Esther 3:1

    Explanation, not Scripture: Esther never says Haman came from Agag the Amalekite. Strong's reads "Agagite" as "a descendent (subject) of Agag" (H91), and many readers link Haman to Amalek through it; others read it as a place or family name of its own.

    Read it: Esther 3:1

  • The Jews' enemy

    Esther 3:10 and 3 moreRead the verses
    Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy. Esther 3:10
    to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, Esther 8:3
    to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, Esther 8:5
    Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, Esther 9:24

    Haman was hanged on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai (Esther 7:10).

    Read it: Esther 3:10, Esther 8:3-5, Esther 9:24