One other person, place or group in the registry answers to the name Amalek. Every Amalek in the Bible
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Amalek
עֲמָלֵק
- verses
- 46
- first named
- Genesis 14:7
- last named
- 1 Chronicles 18:11
- feature
- region
Description
Amalek in the text
Amalek was a nomadic people group descended from Esau's grandson, Eliphaz (Genesis 36:12; 1Ch.1.36). They inhabited the desert regions of the Sinai Peninsula and the Negev. The Amalekites were the first nation to attack Israel after the Exodus, at Rephidim (Exodus 17:8-16). Moses, with the help of Aaron and Hur, interceded for Israel while Joshua led the army in battle. As a result, God declared that He would be at war with Amalek from generation to generation (Exodus 17:16).
The Amalekites, along with other enemies, continued to harass Israel during the period of the judges (Judges 3:13; 6:3,33; 7:12; 10:12). Saul, Israel's first king, was commanded to completely destroy the Amalekites (1Sa.15.2-3). However, he disobeyed by sparing their king, Agag, and some of the livestock (1Sa.15.7-9). This act of disobedience led to God's rejection of Saul as king (1Sa.15.23; 28:18).
During David's reign, the Amalekites were among the enemies he defeated (1Sa.30.1-20; 2Sa.8.12; 1Ch.18.11). The last mention of the Amalekites is in 1Ch.4.43, which records that some of the Simeonites destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites during the time of Hezekiah.
The Amalekites are also mentioned in prophetic and poetic texts as symbols of Israel's enemies (Numbers 24:20; Psalm 83:7). Their persistent opposition to Israel and their role in the narratives of Saul and David make them significant adversaries in the biblical history of Israel.
Relations
Direct connections
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The pattern
Where Amalek is named
Every book of the corpus in the order it is read, each as wide as the chapters it holds. A bar is the verses of that book which write the name, and the flat stretches are as much of the answer as the bars.
46 verses across 9 of 66 books; 57 write the name nowhere. Named in Genesis (1), Exodus (7), Numbers (5), Deuteronomy (2), Judges (7), 1 Samuel (16), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Chronicles (3) and Psalms (1).
Read it
Where to read it
Every verse of the text carried here that names this entity — 46, across 9 books. The name is written 49 times in them.
Onward
Where this page goes
Nothing in the graph stands one hop from this entity yet. These are the best-connected entities of the same type, so the page still ends somewhere. Descriptions by STEPBible TIPNR.
Where they appear
What happened here
Atlas's reading of each chapter this place appears in, in canonical order. One line per chapter, and each leads to the whole of it.
- Exodus 17Amalek attacks Israel at Rephidim and is overwhelmed by Joshua’s army.
- Numbers 14Amalek came down with Canaan and attacked the Israelites in the hill country.
- Numbers 24Amalek is declared first among the nations, with destruction as its end.
- Deuteronomy 25Amalek is remembered for the attack on Israel’s stragglers.
- 1 Samuel 15Amalek was attacked by Saul, who struck its people from Havilah to Shur.
- 1 Samuel 30The Amalekites raided the Negev, burned Ziklag, and celebrated their plunder until David overtook them.
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