1 Samuel 14:48

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He fought bravely, striking down the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hand of its enemies.

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  • Exod 17:14 : 14 The LORD said to Moses,“Write this as a memorial in the book, and rehearse it in Joshua’s hearing; for I will surely wipe out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
  • Deut 25:19 : 19 So when the LORD your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven– do not forget!
  • 1 Sam 15:3-7 : 3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’” 4 So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. 5 Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi. 6 Saul said to the Kenites,“Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites. 7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

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  • 1 Sam 15:2-9
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    2Here is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt.

    3So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death– man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

    4So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

    5Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek, where he set an ambush in the wadi.

    6Saul said to the Kenites,“Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

    7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

    8He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag’s people with the sword.

    9However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.

  • 1 Sam 15:18-21
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    18The LORD sent you on a campaign saying,‘Go and exterminate those sinful Amalekites! Fight against them until you have destroyed them.’

    19Why haven’t you obeyed the LORD? Instead you have greedily rushed upon the plunder! You have done what is wrong in the LORD’s estimation.”

    20Then Saul said to Samuel,“But I have obeyed the LORD! I went on the campaign the LORD sent me on. I brought back King Agag of the Amalekites after exterminating the Amalekites.

    21But the army took from the plunder some of the sheep and cattle– the best of what was to be slaughtered– to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.”

  • 1 Sam 14:46-47
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    46Then Saul stopped chasing the Philistines, and the Philistines went back home.

    47After Saul had secured his royal position over Israel, he fought against all their enemies on all sides– the Moabites, Ammonites, Edomites, the kings of Zobah, and the Philistines. In every direction that he turned he was victorious.

  • 1 Sam 15:15
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    15Saul said,“They were brought from the Amalekites; the army spared the best of the flocks and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD our God. But everything else we slaughtered.”

  • 1 Chr 4:43
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    43and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day.

  • Gen 14:7
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    7Then they attacked En Mishpat(that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

  • Exod 17:8
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    8Victory over the Amalekites Amalek came and attacked Israel in Rephidim.

  • Exod 17:13
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    13So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.

  • 1 Sam 28:18-19
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    18Since you did not obey the LORD and did not carry out his fierce anger against the Amalekites, the LORD has done this thing to you today.

    19The LORD will hand you and Israel over to the Philistines! Tomorrow both you and your sons will be with me. The LORD will also hand the army of Israel over to the Philistines!”

  • Judg 3:13
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    13Eglon formed alliances with the Ammonites and Amalekites. He came and defeated Israel, and they seized the city of date palm trees.

  • 1 Sam 14:52
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    52There was fierce war with the Philistines all the days of Saul. So whenever Saul saw anyone who was a warrior or a brave individual, he would conscript him.

  • 1 Sam 30:18
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    18David retrieved everything the Amalekites had taken; he also rescued his two wives.

  • 2 Sam 8:12
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    12including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek. This also included some of the plunder taken from King Hadadezer son of Rehob of Zobah.

  • 1 Sam 19:8
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    8Now once again there was war. So David went out to fight the Philistines. He defeated them thoroughly and they ran away from him.

  • 1 Sam 13:4
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    4All Israel heard this message,“Saul has attacked the Philistine outpost, and now Israel is repulsive to the Philistines!” So the people were summoned to join Saul at Gilgal.

  • Num 14:45
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    45So the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country swooped down and attacked them as far as Hormah.

  • Deut 25:17-19
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    17Treatment of the Amalekites Remember what the Amalekites did to you on your way from Egypt,

    18how they met you along the way and cut off all your stragglers in the rear of the march when you were exhausted and tired; they were unafraid of God.

    19So when the LORD your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven– do not forget!

  • 1 Sam 27:8-9
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    8Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites.(They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)

    9When David would attack a district, he would leave neither man nor woman alive. He would take sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and would then go back to Achish.

  • 1 Sam 23:5
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    5So David and his men went to Keilah and fought the Philistines. He took away their cattle and thoroughly defeated them. David delivered the inhabitants of Keilah.

  • 1 Chr 14:16
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    16David did just as God commanded him, and they struck down the Philistine army from Gibeon to Gezer.

  • 1 Sam 30:1
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    1David Defeats the Amalekites On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.

  • 1 Chr 11:14
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    14but then they made a stand in the middle of that area. They defended it and defeated the Philistines; the LORD gave them a great victory.

  • Judg 11:32
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    32Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the LORD handed them over to him.

  • 1 Sam 17:19
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    19They are with Saul and the whole Israelite army in the valley of Elah, fighting with the Philistines.”

  • Judg 6:3
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    3Whenever the Israelites planted their crops, the Midianites, Amalekites, and the people from the east would attack them.

  • 1 Sam 17:57
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    57So when David returned from striking down the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul. He still had the head of the Philistine in his hand.

  • 1 Sam 14:20
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    20Saul and all the army that was with him assembled and marched into battle, where they found the Philistines in total panic killing one another with their swords.

  • 2 Sam 23:10
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    10he stood his ground and fought the Philistines until his hand grew so tired that it seemed stuck to his sword. The LORD gave a great victory on that day. When the army returned to him, the only thing left to do was to plunder the corpses.

  • 1 Sam 14:23
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    23So the LORD delivered Israel that day, and the battle shifted over to Beth Aven.

  • 1 Sam 23:8
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    8So Saul mustered all his army to go down to Keilah and besiege David and his men.

  • 1 Sam 17:52-53
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    52Then the men of Israel and Judah charged forward, shouting a battle cry. They chased the Philistines to the valley and to the very gates of Ekron. The Philistine corpses lay fallen along the Shaaraim road to Gath and Ekron.

    53When the Israelites returned from their hot pursuit of the Philistines, they looted their camp.

  • 1 Sam 17:35
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    35I would go out after it, strike it down, and rescue the sheep from its mouth. If it rose up against me, I would grab it by its jaw, strike it, and kill it.

  • 1 Chr 18:11
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    11King David dedicated these things to the LORD, along with the silver and gold which he had carried off from all the nations, including Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek.