Verse 48

He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

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  • Exod 17:14 : 14 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it to Joshua: 'I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.'"
  • Deut 25:19 : 19 Therefore, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you in the land He is giving you as an inheritance to possess, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. Do not forget!
  • 1 Sam 15:3-7 : 3 Now go and attack Amalek. Devote to destruction everything they have. Do not spare them; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.' 4 Saul summoned the people and mustered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. 5 Saul advanced to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley. 6 Saul said to the Kenites, 'Go, depart, leave the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them. For you showed kindness to the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.' So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.