Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

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An amalekite

Genesis 14:7
And they returned, and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites that dwelt at Hazazon-Tamar.
Exodus 17:8
And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Numbers 24:20
And he saw Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, Amalek is the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be for destruction.
Deuteronomy 25:17
Remember what Amalek did unto thee on the way, when ye came forth out of Egypt;
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
1 Samuel 27:8
And David and his men went up and made a raid upon the Geshurites, and the Gerzites, and the Amalekites: for those were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, and as far as the land of Egypt.
1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid upon the south, and upon Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag and burned it with fire;

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2 Samuel 1:13
And David said to the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he said, I am the son of an Amalekite stranger.