Exodus 17:14

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Memorial

Haggai 2:2

For i will

The remembrance

Job 18:17

Psalm 9:6

Proverbs 10:7

General references

Jeremiah 30:2

Bible References

Memorial

And this day is to be kept in your memories: you are to keep it as a feast to the Lord through all your generations, as an order for ever.

And this will be for a sign to you on your hand and for a mark on your brow, so that the law of the Lord may be in your mouth: for with a strong hand the Lord took you out of Egypt.

And the Lord said to Moses, Put all these words in writing; for on them is based the agreement which I will make with you.

Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.

Then you will say to them, Because the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the Lord's agreement; when it went over Jordan the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones will be a sign for the children of Israel, keeping it in their memory for ever.

If only my words might be recorded! if they might be put in writing in a book!

Say now to Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, ruler of Judah, and to Joshua, the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the rest of the people,

For i will

Then, turning his eyes to Amalek, he went on with his story and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his part will be destruction for ever.

Keep in mind what Amalek did to you on your way from Egypt;

The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.

And David and his men went up and made attacks on the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for these were the people who were living in the land from Telam on the way to Shur, as far as Egypt.

Now when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made an attack on the South and on Ziklag, and had overcome Ziklag and put it on fire;

Now after the death of Saul, when David, having come back from the destruction of the Amalekites, had been in Ziklag for two days;

The nations of Edom and Moab, and the children of Ammon and the Philistines and the Amalekites and the goods he had taken from Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.

Are we again to go against your orders, taking wives from among the people who do these disgusting things? would you not be angry with us till our destruction was complete, till there was not one who got away safe?

The remembrance

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

You have given their towns to destruction; the memory of them has gone; they have become waste for ever.

The memory of the upright is a blessing, but the name of the evil-doer will be turned to dust.

General references

The Lord, the God of Israel, has said, Put down in a book all the words which I have said to you.