Name of a nomadic nation south of Palestine. That the Amalekites were not Arabs, but of a stock related to ... ... That the Amalekites were not Arabs, but of a stock related to the Edomites (consequently also to the Hebrews), can be concluded from the genealogy in Gen. xxxvi. 12 and in I Chron. i. 36. Amalek is a son of Esau...
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The Amalekites are a people mentioned a number of times in the Hebrew Bible. They are considered to be descended from an ancestory Amalek . According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amal...
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Even in the little section on the Amalekites, the description of the situation doesn't even come close to what we consider 'genocide' today. ... Notice how extremely different these are from the case of the Amalekites:
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The Amalekites inhabited various places in or near southern Canaan (Num.13:29), Seir (1Chron.4:39-43), between Canaan and Egypt (1Sam.27:8) etc., but at times they are also found in other places, such as the middle of the territory of Ephraim (Jud.12:15). By all indications, they were a semi-nomadic people who...
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The Amalekites attacked the Israelites without apparent provocation as they were travelling during the Exodus (Ex 17:8). "When you were weary and worn out, they met you on your journey and cut off all who were lagging behind" (Dt 25:17-18). They later attacked Israel during the time of the Judges (Jdg 3:13) and...
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{18} And he sent you on a mission, saying, 'Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; make war on them until you have wiped them out.' {19} Why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you pounce on the plunder and do evil in the eyes of the LORD?" {20} "But I did obey the LORD," Saul said.
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During the Exodus, when Moses and the Israelites crossed the Gulf of Aqaba and entered the land of Midian, they were met, at a place called Rephidim, by an army of Amalekites. The Bible recounts the events that took place:
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Map of the Territory of the Ancient Amalekites Throughout Biblical history the Amalekites were enemies of the Israelites. They were the first adversaries that the Israelites encountered after crossing the Red Sea. ... The Amalekites in the Smith's Bible...
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When Israel went out from Egypt, from the furnace of affliction, the Amalekites met him on his way to Canaan and blocked his path. The Amalekites fell upon the wanderers in the wilderness, the weary survivors of Egyptian racial persecution.
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Christians condemn the Quran and Islam for all the violence taught therein, but say nothing about all the OT brutalities such as God commanding the utter annihilation of the Amalekites, including women, children and animals.
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