1 Samuel 14:48
And he wrought valiantly, and smote Amalek, and rescued Israel out of the hand of them that trampled on him.
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Exodus 17:8And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
Deuteronomy 25:19And it shall come to pass whenever the Lord thy God shall have given thee rest from all thine enemies round about thee, in the land which the Lord thy God gives thee to inherit, thou shalt blot out the name of Amalek from under heaven, and shalt not forget to do it.
1 Samuel 15:3And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.
2 Samuel 1:22From the blood of the slain, and from the fat of the mighty, 1 The bow of Jonathan returned not empty; 1 And the sword of Saul turned not back empty. 1
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 14:48-52
The Amalekites Destroyed. ( b. c. 1067.) 47 So Saul took the kingdom over Israel, and fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he vexed them. 48 And he gathered a host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. 49 Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishui, and Melchishua: and the names of his… Read the whole commentary →