From Nave’s Topical Bible
Amalekites
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 22Passages listed
- 7Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- A people inhabiting the country south of Idumea and east of the Red SeaNumbers 13:29Numbers 14:251 Samuel 15:71 Samuel 27:8
- Defeated by ChedorlaomerGenesis 14:7
- Defeated by JoshuaExodus 17:8Exodus 17:13
- Defeated by GideonJudges 7
- Defeated by Saul1 Samuel 14:471 Samuel 14:481 Samuel 15:1–33
- Defeated by David1 Samuel 27:81 Samuel 27:91 Samuel 30:1–20
- Defeated by the Simeonites1 Chronicles 4:421 Chronicles 4:43
- Defeat the IsraelitesNumbers 14:45Judges 3:13
- Israel commanded to destroyDeuteronomy 25:17–191 Samuel 28:18
- Prophecies againstExodus 17:14Exodus 17:16Numbers 24:20
The passages, in Bible order (22)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 14:7
Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
Commentary on Genesis 14:72 voices
(Verse 7) And they returned and came to the well of judgment, which is Kadesh. It is said by anticipation that it was afterwards so called. But it signifies the place at Petra, which is called the well of judgment because there God judged the people. And they struck all the region of the Amalekites and the Amorites who dwelt in Hazazon-tamar. This town is what is now called Engedi, fertile with balsam and palm trees. Moreover, Hazazon-tamar, in our language, means the city of palm trees. Thamar, indeed, is said to mean 'palm'.
Jerome· Hebrew Questions on Genesis, 420Patristic
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Exodus 17:8
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Commentary on Exodus 17:82 voices
Then came Amalek,.... The Amalekites, who were not the posterity of Amalek, a son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, by Timna the concubine of Eliphaz, Gen 36:12 who dwelt in the desert, to the south of Judea, beyond the city Petra, as you go to Aila, as Jerom says (t); and so the Targum of Jonathan describes them as coming from the south; and Aben Ezra interprets them a nation that inhabited the southern country.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel - The Amalekites seem to have attacked the Israelites in the same way and through the same motives that the wandering Arabs attack the caravans which annually pass through the same desert. It does not appear that the Israelites gave them any kind of provocation, they seem to have attacked them merely through the hopes of plunder. The Amalekites were the posterity of Amalek, one of the dukes of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, and consequently Israels brother, Gen 36:15, Gen 36:
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 17:13
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
Commentary on Exodus 17:132 voices
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Amalek being distinguished from "his people", has led some to think that Amalek was the name of the king, or general of the army, and that it was a common name to the kings of that nation, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt; but for this there is no foundation in the Scriptures: as Amelek signifies the Amalekites, his people may design the confederates and auxiliaries, the other people, as Ben Gersom expresses it, they brought with them to fight against Israel.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people - Amalek might have been the name of the ruler of this people continued down from their ancestor, (see Clarke on Exo 17:8 (note)), as Pharaoh was the name of all succeeding kings in Egypt. If this were the case, then Amalek and his people mean the prince and the army that fought under him. But if Amalek stand here for the Amalekites, then his people must mean the confederates he had employed on this occasion.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 17:14
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”
Commentary on Exodus 17:142 voices
And the Lord said unto Moses,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Write this for a memorial in a book - This is the first mention of writing on record: what it signified, or how it was done, we cannot tell. But it is evident that either this passage is introduced here instead of Deu 25:17, by way of anticipation, or that by the words כתב שפר kethob and sepher was intended only a monumental declaration of the defeat of Amalek by Joshua, by some action or symbolical representation; for it is immediately subjoined, And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it Jehovah-nissi. See Dr. A.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Exodus 17:16
“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”
Commentary on Exodus 17:161 voice
For he said, because the Lord hath sworn,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 13:29
The Amalekites live in the land of the Negev; the Hittites, Jebusites, and Amorites live in the hill country; and the Canaanites live by the sea and along the Jordan.”
Commentary on Numbers 13:292 voices
The Amalekites dwell in the land of the south,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
The Amalekites - See Num 14:25 note. The Canaanites - i. e. those of the Phoenician race: the word is here used in its narrow sense: compare Gen 10:15-18 note.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 14:25
Now since the Amalekites and Canaanites are living in the valleys, turn back tomorrow and head for the wilderness along the route to the Red Sea.”
Commentary on Numbers 14:252 voices
And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Render: And now the Amalekites and the Canaanites are dwelling (or abiding) in the valley: wherefore turn you, etc. (that so ye be not smitten before them). The Amalekites were the nomad bands that roved through the open pastures of the plain Num 14:45: the Canaanites, a term here taken in its wider sense, were the Amorites of the neighboring cities (compare Num 14:45 with Deu 1:44), who probably lived in league with the Amalekites. Tomorrow - Not necessarily the next day, but an idiom for hereafter, henceforward (compare the marginal reading in Exo 13:14; Jos 4:6).
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 14:45
Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.
Commentary on Numbers 14:452 voices
Then the Amalekites came down,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
Unto Hormah - literally, the Hormah: i. e. the banning, or ban-place. Compare Num 21:3; Jos 12:14. According to the view taken of Kadesh (see Num 13:26), Hormah is identified, through its earlier name, Zephath Jdg 1:17, with es-Safah on the southeastern frontier of Canaan, by which the Israelites quitted the Arabah for the higher ground, (or with Sebaita, which lies further to the west, about 25 miles north of Ain Gadis).
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Numbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
Commentary on Numbers 24:202 voices
In the book also, which is titled On Numbers, Scripture says: 'The beginning of the nations is Amalek, and his seed shall perish' (Num. XXIV, 20). And indeed, Amalek is not the first of all nations; but because by interpretation Amalek is taken to mean the king of the wicked, and the wicked are the nations: beware lest we should take the prince of this world, who commands the nations doing his will, whose seed shall perish.
Ambrose of Milan· The Six Days of Creation, 397Patristic
And when he looked on Amalek,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Deuteronomy 25:17–19
Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:17–191 voice
Remember what Amalek did unto thee,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 3:13
After enlisting the Ammonites and Amalekites to join forces with him, Eglon attacked and defeated Israel, taking possession of the City of Palms.
Commentary on Judges 3:131 voice
And he gathered unto him the children of Ammon and Amalek,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Judges 7:1
Early in the morning Jerubbaal (that is, Gideon) and all the men with him camped beside the spring of Harod. And the camp of Midian was north of them in the valley near the hill of Moreh.
Commentary on Judges 7:12 voices
Against the Midianites, also, who, as the book of Judges relates, had filled all places like locusts, Gideon was ordered to lead a few men into battle. It was not that he did not have many in his army, but that he was forbidden to …
Salvian the Presbyter· THE GOVERNANCE OF GOD 7.8-9, 500Patristic
Then Jerubbaal, who is Gideon,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- 1 Samuel 14:47
After Saul had assumed the kingship over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side—the Moabites, the Ammonites, the Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. Wherever he turned, he routed them.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:471 voice
The kingdom is indeed weakened when pastors fall into certain faults. But the weakened kingdom is strengthened when through the satisfaction of penance they are raised up to the work of great virtue. And it is said to be strengthened over Israel, because as one advances to the height of life, he surpasses by his conduct those whom he exceeds in rank. He is set over those who see God, but he is raised above those who see God when he is taken up beyond all others in divine contemplation.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4, 604Patristic
- 1 Samuel 14:48
He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 14:481 voice
Because while He draws sinners of every kind to life, He is recognized as triumphing everywhere. The Lord was indeed commanding His soldiers, His princes, to carry out these triumphs when He said: "Go into all the world, and preach the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). He commands the Gospel to be preached to every creature, because He willed that all kinds of men be led to the faith, so that while He displayed the noble triumphs of His kings, He might show them conquering everywhere.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 5, Chapter 4, 604Patristic
- 1 Samuel 15:1–33
Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:1–331 voice
We said above that Amalek designates the vice of lust, which as it were licks, since it suggests pleasure by flattering. Progress in the way of life is therefore shown, in that above he is declared to have been struck by Saul, and now he is not simply commanded to be struck, but all his possessions to be destroyed. First indeed the teacher strikes him, when through his word it is brought about that chastity is maintained in the hearts and bodies of the converted.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 1, 604Patristic
- 1 Samuel 15:7
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:71 voice
Havilah is interpreted as "one who gives birth," Shur as "anguish," Egypt as "darkness." But concupiscence gives birth to sin. Rightly, therefore, concupiscence is designated by the name of "one who gives birth." The Prophet also, fearing to fall into the anguish of an impenitent heart, beseeches, saying: "Let not the deep swallow me up, neither let the pit shut its mouth upon me" (Psalm 68:16). The teacher, therefore, strikes Amalek from Havilah to Shur when he suppresses in the hearts of his hearers the vices of conceived delight and the resolve of deliberate choice.
Gregory the Dialogist· Commentary on 1 Kings, Book 6, Chapter 1, 604Patristic