Amalek
The Amalekites are a people mentioned a number of times in
the Hebrew Bible. They are considered to be descended from
an ancestor Amalek.
According to the Book of Genesis and 1 Chronicles, Amalek
(Hebrew: עֲמָלֵק, Modern Amalek Tiberian ʻĂmālēq), Arabic,
عماليق, was the son of Eliphaz and the grandson of Esau
(Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chi...
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am'-a-lek (`amaleq): The son, by his concubine Timna, of
Eliphaz, the eldest son of Esau. He was one of the chiefs (the
King James Version dukes) of Edom (Gen 36:12,16)....
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Son of Eliphaz
Ge 36:12; 1Ch 1:36
-Probably not the ancestor of the Amalekites mentioned in time
of Abraham
Ge 14:7...
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(dweller in a valley), a son of Eliphaz by his concubine
Timnah grandson of Esau, and chieftain ("duke," Authorized
Version) of Edom. Ge 36:12,16; 1Ch 1:36 (B.C. about 1700.)...
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dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau
(Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean
tribe (Gen.
36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose
territory the
descendants of Esau had seized....
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Son of Eliphaz, by his concubine Timnah, of the Horites;
grandson of Esau; duke of Edom (Genesis 36:12; Genesis 36:16).
The Edomites seized the Horite territory. In Hezekiah's reign,
the last remnant of Amalek in Edom was dispersed by the
Simeonites (1 Chronicles 4:42-43)....
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Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee
rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the
LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it,
[that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from
under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it]....
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For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will
have] war with Amalek from generation to generation....
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And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel
prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed....
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