Armenia in Comments -- Author: (Treasury) R. A. Torrey (Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge) 1880
Searched terms: amalek
Genesis
tGen 36:16Duke Korah: As it is certain from Gen 36:4, that Eliphaz was Esau's son by Adah, and from Gen 36:11 and Gen 36:12, that Eliphaz had but six sons, "Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, and Amalek;" as is is also certain, from Gen 36:5 and Gen 36:14, that Korah was the son of Esau (not Eliphaz) by Aholibamah; and as the words duke Korah are omitted by both the Samaritan text and version, Dr. Kennicott pronounces them to be an interpolation.
duke: Exo 15:15 Genesis 36:17
Exodus
exo 17:0
Overview
Exo 17:1, The people murmur for water at Rephidim; Exo 17:6, God sends them for water to the rock in Horeb; Exo 17:7, The place is called Massah and Meribah; Exo 17:8, Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while Moses holds up his hands with the rod of God; v.14, Amalek is doomed to destruction; and Moses builds the altar JEHOVAH-nissi. Exodus 17:1
Exodus
tEx 17:16Because: etc. or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the Lord, therefore, etc. the Lord, etc. Heb. the hand upon the throne of the Lord. Isa 66:1; Act 7:49
will have war: Psa 21:8-11 Next: Exodus Chapter 18
Exodus
tEx 38:24All the gold: If we follow the estimation of the learned Dean Prideaux, the value of the twenty-nine talents, and 730 shekels of gold, will be 198,347. 12s. 6d. The value of the silver contributed by 603,550; Israelites, at half a shekel, or 1s. 6d. per man, will amount to 45,266. 5s. The value of the 70 talents, 2,400 shekels of brass, will be 513. 17s. The gold weighed 4,245 pounds; the silver, 14,603 pounds; and the brass, 10,277 pounds, troy weight. The total value of all the gold, silver, and brass, will consequently amount to 244,127. 14s. 6d.; and the total weight of these three metals will amount to 29,124 pounds troy, which reduced to avoirdupois weight, is equal to fourteen tons, 226 pounds! - It may, perhaps, seem difficult to imagine how the Israelites should be possessed of so much wealth in the desert; but it should be remembered, that their ancestors were opulent men before they came into Egypt; that they were further enriched by the spoils of the Egyptians and Amalekites; and that it is probable, they traded with the neighbouring nations who bordered on the wilderness. There appear to be three reasons why so much riches should have been employed in the construction of the tabernacle, etc.
1. To impress the people's minds with the glory and dignity of the Divine Majesty, and the importance of his service.
2. To take out of their hands the occasion of covetousness.
3. To prevent pride and vain glory, by leading them to give up to the divine service even the ornaments of their persons. Ch1 22:14-16, Ch1 29:2-7; Hag 2:8
offering: Exo 25:2, Exo 29:24, Exo 35:22
the shekel: Exo 30:13, Exo 30:14, Exo 30:24; Lev 5:15, Lev 27:3, Lev 27:25; Num 3:47, Num 18:16 Exodus 38:26
Numbers
tNum 14:25the Amalekites: Num 13:29
turn you: Num 14:4; Deu 1:40; Psa 81:11-13; Pro 1:31 Numbers 14:27 Numbers
tNum 14:45the Amalekites: Num 14:43; Exo 17:16; Deu 1:44, Deu 32:30; Jos 7:5, Jos 7:11, Jos 7:12
Hormah: Num 21:3; Jdg 1:17 Next: Numbers Chapter 15
Deuteronomy
tDeut 11:29put the blessing: Deu 27:12-26; Jos 8:30-35
Gerizim: Gerizim and Ebal, mountains west of Jordan, and in the tribe of Ephraim, are opposite, or parallel to each other, extending from east to west; mount Gerizim being on the south, and mount Ebal on the north. They are separated by the beautiful valley in which Shechem or Nablous is situated, which is only about 200 paces in width. Both mountains are much alike in length, height, and figure; being about a league in length, in the form of a semicircle, and so steep, on the side of Shechem, that there is scarcely any shelving. their altitude appeared to Mr. Buckingham nearly equal, not exceeding 700 or 800 feet from the level of the valley, which is itself elevated. But though they resemble each other in these particulars, yet in another they are very dissimilar; for, says Maundrell, "though neither of the mountains has much to boast of as to its pleasantness, yet, as one passes between them, Gerizim seems to discover a somewhat more verdant, fruitful aspect then Ebal. the reason of which may be, because fronting towards the north, it is sheltered from the heat of the sun by its own shade; whereas Ebal, looking southward, and receiving the sun that comes directly upon it, must by consequence be rendered more scorched and unfruitful."Famous Mountains Amalek in the tribe of Ephraim Jdg 12:15 Calvary near Jerusalem Luk 23:33 Carmel near the Mediterranean Jos 19:26 Ebal near to Gerizim Jos 8:30 En-gedi near the Dead Sea Jos 15:62 Gaash in the tribe of Ephraim Jos 24:30 Gilboa south of the valley of Israel Sa2 1:21 Gilead beyond Jordan Gen 31:21-25 Gerizim on which afterwards stood a temple of the Samaritans Jdg 9:7 Hermon beyond Jordan Jos 11:3 Hor in Idumea Num 20:22 Horeb in Arabia Petrea near Sinai Deu 1:2 Lebanon separates Syria from Palestine Deu 3:25 Moriah where the temple was built Ch2 3:1 Nebo part of the mountains of Abarim Num 32:3 Olives east of Jerusalem divided only by brook Kidron Kg1 11:17; Kg2 23:13; Act 1:12 Paran in Arabia Petrea Gen 14:6 Deu 1:1 Pisgah beyond Jordan Num 21:20 Deu 34:1 Seir in Idume Gen 14:6 Sinai in Arabia Petrea Exo 19:2 Deu 33:2 Sion near to mount Moriah Sa2 5:7 Tabor in the Lower Galilee Jdg 4:6 Deuteronomy 11:30
Deuteronomy
deu 25:0
Overview
Deu 25:1, Stripes must not exceed forty; Deu 25:4, The ox is not to be muzzled; Deu 25:5, Of raising seed unto a brother; Deu 25:11, Of the immodest woman; Deu 25:13, Of unjust weights and measures; Deu 25:17, The memory of Amalek is to be blotted out. Deuteronomy 25:1
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 10:9back: Heb. shoulder
gave: Heb. turned
another heart: Sa1 10:6
and all those signs: The following history of Saul is given by the Afghans, a people generally supposed to be of Jewish origin: "In a war which raged between the children of Israel and the Amalekites, the latter being victorious, plundered the Jews, and obtained possession of the ark of the covenant. Considering this (as) the God of the Jews, they threw it into the fire, which did not affect it. They afterwards attempted to cleave it with axes, but without success. every individual who treated it with indignity, was punished for his temerity. They then placed it in their temple; but all their idols bowed to it. At length they fastened it upon a cow, which they turned loose in the wilderness. When the prophet Samuel arose, the children of Israel said to him, 'We have been totally subdued by the Amalekites, and have no king. Raise to us a king, that we may be enabled to contend for the glory of God.' Samuel said, 'In case you are led out to battle, are you determined to fight?' They answered, 'What has befallen us, that we should not fight against infidels? That nation has banished us from our country and children.' At this time the angel Gabriel descended, and delivering a wand, said, 'It is the command of God, that the person whose stature shall correspond with this wand, shall be king of Israel.' Melec Talut was at that time a man of inferior condition, and performed the humble employment of feeding the goats and cows of others. One day, a cow under his charge was accidentally lost. Being disappointed in his searches, he was greatly distressed, and applied to Samuel saying, 'I have lost a cow, and I do not possess the means of satisfying the owner. Pray for me that I may be extricated from this difficulty.' Samuel perceiving that he was a man of lofty stature, asked his name. He answered, Talut. Samuel then said, 'Measure Talut with the wand which the angel Gabriel brought.' His stature was equal to it. Samuel then said, 'God has raised Talut to be your king.' The children of Israel answered, 'We are greater than our king. We are men of dignity, and he is of inferior condition. How shall he be our king?' Samuel informed them, they should know that God had constituted Talut king, by his restoring the ark of the covenant. He accordingly restored it, and they acknowledged him their sovereign." Asiatic Researches, vol. ii. p. 119, et seq. Sa1 10:2-5; Jdg 6:21, Jdg 6:36-40, Jdg 7:11; Isa 38:7, Isa 38:8; Mar 14:16 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 10:10
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
sa1 15:0
Overview
Sa1 15:1, Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek; Sa1 15:6, Saul favours the Kenites; Sa1 15:7, He spares Agag and the best of the spoil; Sa1 15:10, Samuel denounces unto Saul God's rejection of him for his disobedience; Sa1 15:24, Saul's humiliation; Sa1 15:32, Samuel kills Agag; Sa1 15:34, Samuel and Saul part. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 15:1
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 15:3Now go: The Amalekites, a people of Arabia Petrea, who inhabited a tract of country on the frontiers of Egypt and Canaan, had acted with great cruelty towards the Israelites on their coming out of Egypt, and God then purposed that Amalek, as a nation, should be blotted out from under heaven; but it had been spared till it had filled up the measure of its iniquities, and now this purpose is carried into effect by Saul, upwards of 400 years afterwards! Nothing could justify such an exterminating decree but the absolute authority of God; and this was given. all the reasons of it we do not know; but this we know well, the Judge of all the earth doeth right.
utterly destroy: Lev 27:28, Lev 27:29; Num 24:20; Deu 13:15, Deu 13:16, Deu 20:16-18; Jos 6:17-21
slay: Exo 20:5; Num 31:17; Isa 14:21, Isa 14:22
ox and sheep: Gen 3:17, Gen 3:18; Rom 8:20-22 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 15:4
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 27:8am 2948, bc 1056, An, Ex, Is, 435
the Geshurites: Jos 13:2, Jos 13:13; Sa2 13:37, Sa2 13:38, Sa2 14:23, Sa2 14:32, Sa2 15:8; Ch1 2:23
Gezrites: or, Gerzites, These people seem to be the Gerrhenians (2; Mac 13:24) whose chief city, Gerrha, is mentioned by Strabo as lying between Gaza and Pelusium in Egypt.
the Amalekites: Jos 16:10; Jdg 1:29; Kg1 9:15-17
as thou goest: Sa1 15:7, Sa1 15:8, Sa1 30:1; Exo 17:14-16 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 27:9 1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 27:10Whither: etc. or, Did you not make a road
And David: Sa1 21:2; Gen 27:19, Gen 27:20, Gen 27:24; Jos 2:4-6; Sa2 17:20; Psa 119:29, Psa 119:163; Pro 29:25; Gal 2:11-13; Eph 4:25
Against: David here meant the Geshurites, and Gezrites, and Amalekites, which people occupied that part of the country which lies to the south of Judah. But Achish, as was intended, understood him in a different sense, and believed that he had attacked his own countrymen. David's answer, therefore, though not an absolute falsehood, was certainly an equivocation intended to deceive, and therefore incompatible with that sense of truth and honour which became him as a prince, and a professor of true religion. From these, and similar passages, we may observe the strict impartiality of the Sacred Scriptures. They present us with the most faithful delineation of human nature; they exhibit the frailties of kings, priests, and prophets, with equal truth; and examples of vice and frailty, as well as of piety and virtue, are held up, that we may guard against the errors to which the best men are exposed.
the Jerahmeelites: Ch1 2:9, Ch1 2:25
Kenites: Sa1 15:6; Num 24:21; Jdg 1:16, Jdg 4:11, Jdg 5:24 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 27:11
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
sa1 30:0
Overview
Sa1 30:1, The Amalekites spoil Ziklag; Sa1 30:4, David asking counsel, is encouraged by God to pursue them; Sa1 30:11, By the means of a revived Egyptian he is brought to the enemies, and recovers all the spoil; Sa1 30:22, David's law to divide the spoil equally between them that fight and them that keep the stuff; Sa1 30:26, He sends presents to his friends. 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:1
1 Kings (1 Samuel)
t1Kings 30:1were come: Sa1 29:11; Sa2 1:2
on the third: This was the third day after he had left the Philistine army at Aphek, from which place, Calmet supposes, Ziklag was distant more than thirty leagues.
the Amalekites: Sa1 15:7, Sa1 27:8-10; Gen 24:62; Jos 11:6 1 Kings (1 Samuel) 30:2
2 Kings (2 Samuel)
sa2 1:0
Overview
Sa2 1:1, The Amalekite, who brought tidings of the overthrow, and accused himself of Saul's death, is slain; Sa2 1:17, David laments Saul and Jonathan with a song. 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 1:1
2 Kings (2 Samuel)
t2Kings 1:6As I happened: The story of this young man appears to be wholly a fiction, formed for the purpose of ingratiating himself with David, as the next probable successor to the crown. There is no fact in the case, except for the bringing of the diadem and bracelets of Saul, as a sufficient evidence of his death, which, as he appears to been a plunderer of the slain, he seems to have stripped from the dead body of the unfortunate monarch It is remarkable, that Saul, who had forfeited his crown by his disobedience and ill-timed clemency with respect to the Amalekites, should now have the insignia of royalty stripped from his person by one of those very people. Rut 2:3; Sa1 6:9; Luk 10:31
mount: Sa2 1:21; Sa1 28:4, Sa1 31:1
Saul: Sa1 31:2-7 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 1:7 2 Kings (2 Samuel)
t2Kings 1:8an Amalekite: Gen 14:7; Exo 17:8-16; Num 24:20; Deu 25:17-19; Sa1 15:3, Sa1 27:8; Sa1 30:1, Sa1 30:13, Sa1 30:17 2 Kings (2 Samuel) 1:9
1 Chronicles
ch1 4:0
Overview
Ch1 4:1, The posterity of Judah by Caleb, the son of Hur; Ch1 4:5, Of Ashur, the posthumous son Hezron; Ch1 4:9, Of Jabez, and his prayer; Ch1 4:11, The other families of the same stock; Ch1 4:21, The sons of Shelah; Ch1 4:24, The posterity and cities of Simeon; Ch1 4:39, Their conquest of Gedor, and of the Amalekites in mount Seir. 1 Chronicles 4:1
1 Chronicles
t1Chron 12:20As he went: These captains of Manasseh seem to have met David as he was returning from the army of the Philistines to Ziklag. It is probable that they did not bring their companies with them; yet they both assured him of future assistance, and very seasonably helped him against the Amalekites who had spoiled Ziklag. Sa1 29:11
captains: Exo 18:21; Deu 1:15, Deu 33:17 1 Chronicles 12:21
Esther
tEsther 9:5smote: Psa 18:34-40, Psa 18:47, Psa 18:48, Psa 20:7, Psa 20:8, Psa 149:6-9; Th2 1:6
the stroke: Jer 18:21
what they would: Heb. according to their will, The Chaldee paraphrast says that none appeared against the Jews but Amalekites only, who were infatuated, and had their hearts hardened, as Pharaoh's against Israel, to take up arms to their own destruction. Some had such an inveterate, implacable malice against the Jews, that Haman's fall and Mordecai's advancement, instead of convincing, seemed only to exasperate them the more. How have the most dreadful scourges ravaged a country, and yet the inhabitants are unmindful of the Almighty Disposer of events, and that the cause of his righteous displeasure is their continual provocation! Forty years long was he grieved with one generation, who learned not his ways, although daily fed and clothed by a miracle. Esther 9:6