At the battle with Amalek, he is chosen with Hur to support the hand of Moses that held the " rod of God " ( Exodus 17: 9 ).

The prophet Samuel is my warrant, who, when he had Agag, king of Amalek, in his power, hewed him in pieces, saying, As they sword hath made women childless, so shall thy mother be childless among women.

23 ) is proved by Joshua's victory over Amalek ( Midrash Numbers Rabbah xiii ).

Agag, mentioned in the third poem, is described as a great king, which does not correspond to the king of the Amalekites who was named Agag, and described in I Samuel 15, since that description considers Amalek to be small and obscure.

Amalek () is a figure in the Hebrew Bible.

At Genesis 36: 16, Amalek is described as the " chief of Amalek ", and thus his name can be construed to refer to a clan or a territory over which he ruled.

According to Muslim historians such as Ibn Khaldun and Ali ibn al-Athir, Amalek is a name given to the Amorites and the Canaanites.

The name is often interpreted as " dweller in the valley ", and occasionally as " war-like ," " people of prey ", " cave-men " In some rabbinical interpretations, Amalek is etymologised as a people am, who lick blood, but most specialists regard the origin to be unknown.

In Arabic, the corresponding term for the Biblical Amalek is Imlīq, whose descendants Al -′ Amālīq were early residents of the ḥaram at Mecca, later supplanted by the Banu Jurhum, and formed one of the first tribes of ancient Arabia to speak Arabic.

:" 14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “ Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven .” 15 And Moses built an altar and called the name of it, The Lord is my banner, 16 saying, “ A hand upon the throne of the Lord Jacob!

:" 20 Then he looked on Amalek and took up his discourse and said, Amalek was the first among the nations, but its end is utter destruction.

19 Therefore when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven ; you shall not forget.

Because the Lord promised to " blot out the name " of Amalek ( Exodus 17: 14 ), it is customary when the book of Esther is read at the Purim festival, for the audience to make noise whenever " Haman " is mentioned, so that his name is not heard.

The text at the side ( in Dutch and Hebrew ) is from Deuteronomy 25: 17, 19-" Remember what Amalek has done to you ... do not forget.

' The day is not far when we shall be called to this holy war, to this commandment of the annihilation of Amalek.

HGod is not content that we annihilate Amalek -' blot out the memory of Amalek ' - he also enlists personally in this war.

' In every generation there is an Amalek.

Ron Geaves also writes that ' in settler circles, the Palestinians are likely to be identified with the Amalekites ', and citing the same pamphlet from the campus rabbi attached to Bar-Ilan University, adds that the message is passed on through ' the religious schools where boys are taught that the Arab is Amalek.

" Frequently Jewish fundamentalists refer to the Palestinians as the ' Amalekites ' … of today … According to the Old Testament, the Amalek … were regarded as the Israelites ' inveterate foe, whose ' annihilation ' became a sacred duty and against whom war should be waged until their ' memory be blotted out ' forever ( Ex 17: 16 ; Deut 25: 17-19 )….

Every year, therefore, the chapter, " Remember what Amalek did unto thee " ( Deut.

It is said that, at this time in Arabia, the tribes present were ʿĀd, Thamud, Jurhum, Tasam, Jadis, Amim, Midian, Amalek Imlaq, Jasim, Qahtan, Banu Yaqtan and others.

Ever since the time of Revelation, every despot or slave that has attained to power, be he violent or ignoble, has made it his first aim and his final purpose to destroy our law, and to vitiate our religion, by means of the sword, by violence, or by brute force, such as Amalek, Sisera, Sennacherib, Nebuchadnezzar, Titus, Hadrian, may their bones be ground to dust, and others like them.

There are apparently several generations omitted between Agag, who was executed by Samuel the prophet in the time of King Saul, and Amalek, who lived several hundred years earlier.

:" 17 “ Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you came out of Egypt, 18 how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God.

18 Because you did not obey the voice of the Lord and did not carry out his fierce wrath against Amalek, therefore the Lord has done this thing to you this day.

Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the staff of God in my hand .” 10 So Joshua did as Moses told him, and fought with Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

We must wipe Amalek out of our hearts whenever — and wherever — he attacks so that we cannot serve God with complete joy.

According to the Mishnah ( Megillah 30b ),, the story of the attack on the Jews by Amalek, the progenitor of Haman, is also to be read.

Saul's successful expedition against the unidentified " city of Amalek ," in the plain ( 1 Sam.

After Moses succeeded in taking the Israelites out of Egypt, and won a battle against Amalek, Reuel came to the Hebrew camp in the wil ­ derness of Sinai, bringing with him Zipporah, Gershom, and Eliezer.

* Gideon ( 6-8 ) vs. Midian, Amalek, and the " children of the East " ( apparently desert tribes )

Similar passages include, for example, Exodus 17: 14, " And YHWH said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven ;" Exodus 24: 4, " And Moses wrote all the words of YHWH, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel ;" Exodus 34: 27, " And Yahweh said unto Moses, Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel ;" and " These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses.

When he received the command to smite Amalek ( 1 Samuel 15: 3 ), Saul said: For one found slain the Torah requires a sin offering 21: 1-9 ; and here so many shall be slain.

When he received the command to smite Amalek ( I Sam.

According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek was the son of Eliphaz and of the concubine Timna.

Amalek was the grandson of Esau ( Gen. 36: 12 ; 1 Chr.

Josephus calls him a ' bastard ' ( νόθος ), though in a derogative sense. A late extra-Biblical tradition, recorded by Nachmanides, maintains that the Amalekites were not descended from the grandson of Esau but from a man named Amalek, from whom the grandson took his name.

In the chant of Balaam at Numbers, 24: 20, Amalek was called the ' first of the nations ', attesting to high antiquity.

:" 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel at Rephidim.

9 So Moses said to Joshua, “ Choose for us men, and go out and fight with Amalek.

11 Whenever Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, and whenever he lowered his hand, Amalek prevailed.

13 And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.

The Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.