Exodus 17:8
Then Amalek [Man who licks up] came and fought with Israel [God prevails] in Rephidim.
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In The King James Version
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 14:7They returned, and came to En Mishpat (also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites [Descendants of Man who licks up], and also the Amorites [Descendants of Talkers], that lived in Hazazon Tamar [Palm tree].
Genesis 36:16chief Korach [Bald one, Frost], chief Gatam, chief Amalek [Man who licks up]: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom [Red]; these are the sons of Adah.
Numbers 24:20He looked at Amalek [Man who licks up], and took up his parable, and said, 1 “Amalek [Man who licks up] was the first of the nations, 2 But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
Deuteronomy 25:18how he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 17:2-8
The Israelites Murmur for Water. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord , and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink. 2 Wherefore the people did chide with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said unto them, Why chide ye with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord ? 3 And the people thirsted there for water; and the people murmured… Read the whole commentary →