| Verse | Translation | Text |
| Ex 17:12 | Strong Concordance | But Moses [04872]' hands [03027] were heavy [03515]; and they took [03947] a stone [068], and put [07760] it under him, and he sat [03427] thereon; and Aaron [0175] and Hur [02354] stayed up [08551] his hands [03027], the one on the one side [0259], and the other on the other side [0259]; and his hands [03027] were steady [0530] until the going down [0935] of the sun [08121]. |
| King James | But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat thereon; and Aaron and Hur stayed up his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Until the going down of the sun - The length of this first great battle indicates the strength and obstinacy of the assailants. It was no mere raid of Bedouins, but a deliberate attack of the Amalekites, who had been probably thoroughly trained in warfare by their struggles with Egypt. |