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Selected Verse: Exodus 17:13 - King James

Verse	Translation	Text
Ex 17:13	King James	And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]
Joshua discomfited Amalek--Victory at length decided in favor of Israel, and the glory of the victory, by an act of national piety, was ascribed to God (compare Jo1 5:4).

A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]

Joshua discomfited Amalek--Victory at length decided in favor of Israel, and the glory of the victory, by an act of national piety, was ascribed to God (compare Jo1 5:4).

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
With the edge of the sword - This expression always denotes a great slaughter of the enemy.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

With the edge of the sword - This expression always denotes a great slaughter of the enemy.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Though God gave the victory, yet it is said Joshua discomfited Amalek, because Joshua was a type of Christ, and of the same name, and in him it is that we are more than conquerors.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]

Though God gave the victory, yet it is said Joshua discomfited Amalek, because Joshua was a type of Christ, and of the same name, and in him it is that we are more than conquerors.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people - Amalek might have been the name of the ruler of this people continued down from their ancestor, (see Clarke on Exo 17:8 (note)), as Pharaoh was the name of all succeeding kings in Egypt. If this were the case, then Amalek and his people mean the prince and the army that fought under him. But if Amalek stand here for the Amalekites, then his people must mean the confederates he had employed on this occasion.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826

Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people - Amalek might have been the name of the ruler of this people continued down from their ancestor, (see Clarke on Exo 17:8 (note)), as Pharaoh was the name of all succeeding kings in Egypt. If this were the case, then Amalek and his people mean the prince and the army that fought under him. But if Amalek stand here for the Amalekites, then his people must mean the confederates he had employed on this occasion.

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