Exodus 17:8
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Battle with Amalek. 8 Then Amalek[a] came and waged war against Israel in Rephidim.(A)
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Exodus 17:14
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14 Then the Lord said to Moses: Write this down in a book as something to be remembered, and recite it to Joshua:(A) I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.
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Deuteronomy 25:17-19
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17 [a](A)Bear in mind what Amalek did to you on the journey after you left Egypt, 18 how he surprised you along the way, weak and weary as you were, and struck down at the rear all those who lagged behind; he did not fear God. 19 Therefore, when the Lord, your God, gives you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess as a heritage, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. Do not forget!
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1 Samuel 14:48
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48 and fought bravely. He defeated Amalek and delivered Israel from the hand of those who were plundering them.(A)
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1 Samuel 15:3
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3 Go, now, attack Amalek, and put under the ban[a] everything he has. Do not spare him; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.”(A)
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- 15:3 Put under the ban: this terminology mandates that all traces of the Amalekites (people, cities, animals, etc.) be exterminated. No plunder could be seized for personal use. In the light of Dt 20:16–18, this injunction would eliminate any tendency toward syncretism. The focus of this chapter is that Saul fails to execute this order.
1 Samuel 15:7-8
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7 Saul routed Amalek from Havilah to the approaches of Shur, on the frontier of Egypt.(A) 8 He took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but the rest of the people he destroyed by the sword, putting them under the ban.
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2 Samuel 8:12
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12 from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
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