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Selected Verse: 1 Samuel 15:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Sa 15:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], I remember [06485] that which Amalek [06002] did [06213] to Israel [03478], how he laid [07760] wait for him in the way [01870], when he came up [05927] from Egypt [04714]. |
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King James |
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Amalek--the powerful tribe which inhabited the country immediately to the eastward of the northern Cushites. Their territory extended over the whole of the eastern portion of the desert of Sinai to Rephidim--the earliest opponent (Deu 25:18; Exo 17:8-16) --the hereditary and restless enemy of Israel (Num 14:45; Jdg 3:13; Jdg 6:3), and who had not repented (Sa1 14:48) of their bitter and sleepless hatred during the five hundred years that had elapsed since their doom was pronounced. Being a people of nomadic habits, they were as plundering and dangerous as the Bedouin Arabs, particularly to the southern tribes. The national interest required, and God, as KING OF ISRAEL, decreed that this public enemy should be removed. Their destruction was to be without reservation or exception.
I remember--I am reminded of what Amalek did--perhaps by the still remaining trophy or memorial erected by Moses (Exo 17:15-16). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare the marginal references. It appears Sa1 14:48 that this expedition against Amalek was not made without fresh provocation. Probably some incursion similar to that described in 1 Sam. 30 was made by them upon the south country at a time when they thought the Israelites were weakened by their contests with the Philistines. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| I remember - Now I will revenge those old injuries of the Amalekites on their children: who continue in their parents practices. Came from Egypt - When he was newly come out of cruel and long bondage, and was now weak, and weary, and faint, and hungry, Deu 25:18, and therefore it was barbarous instead of that pity which even Nature prompted them to afford, to add affliction to the afflicted; it was also horrid impiety to fight against God himself and to lift up their hand in a manner against the Lord's throne, whilst they struck at that people which God had brought forth in so stupendous a way. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| I remember that which Amalek did - The Amalekites were a people of Arabia Petraea, who had occupied a tract of country on the frontiers of Egypt and Palestine. They had acted with great cruelty towards the Israelites on their coming out of Egypt. (See Exo 17:8 (note), and the notes there). They came upon them when they were faint and weary, and smote the hindermost of the people - those who were too weak to keep up with the rest. (See Deu 25:18). And God then purposed that Amalek, as a nation, should be blotted out from under heaven; which purpose was now fulfilled by Saul upwards of four hundred years afterwards! |
15 And Moses [04872] built [01129] an altar [04196], and called [07121] the name [08034] of it Jehovahnissi [03071]:
16 For he said [0559], Because the LORD [03050] hath sworn [03027] [03676] that the LORD [03068] will have war [04421] with Amalek [06002] from generation [01755] to generation [01755].
48 And he gathered [06213] an host [02428], and smote [05221] the Amalekites [06002], and delivered [05337] Israel [03478] out of the hands [03027] of them that spoiled [08154] them.
3 And so it was, when Israel [03478] had sown [02232], that the Midianites [04080] came up [05927], and the Amalekites [06002], and the children [01121] of the east [06924], even they came up [05927] against them;
13 And he gathered [0622] unto him the children [01121] of Ammon [05983] and Amalek [06002], and went [03212] and smote [05221] Israel [03478], and possessed [03423] the city [05892] of palm trees [08558] [05899].
45 Then the Amalekites [06003] came down [03381], and the Canaanites [03669] which dwelt [03427] in that hill [02022], and smote [05221] them, and discomfited [03807] them, even unto Hormah [02767].
8 Then came [0935] Amalek [06002], and fought [03898] with Israel [03478] in Rephidim [07508].
9 And Moses [04872] said [0559] unto Joshua [03091], Choose us out [0977] men [0582], and go out [03318], fight [03898] with Amalek [06002]: to morrow [04279] I will stand [05324] on the top [07218] of the hill [01389] with the rod [04294] of God [0430] in mine hand [03027].
10 So Joshua [03091] did [06213] as Moses [04872] had said [0559] to him, and fought [03898] with Amalek [06002]: and Moses [04872], Aaron [0175], and Hur [02354] went up [05927] to the top [07218] of the hill [01389].
11 And it came to pass, when Moses [04872] held up [07311] his hand [03027], that Israel [03478] prevailed [01396]: and when he let down [05117] his hand [03027], Amalek [06002] prevailed [01396].
12 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].
13 And Joshua [03091] discomfited [02522] Amalek [06002] and his people [05971] with the edge [06310] of the sword [02719].
14 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Write [03789] this for a memorial [02146] in a book [05612], and rehearse [07760] it in the ears [0241] of Joshua [03091]: for I will utterly [04229] put out [04229] the remembrance [02143] of Amalek [06002] from under heaven [08064].
15 And Moses [04872] built [01129] an altar [04196], and called [07121] the name [08034] of it Jehovahnissi [03071]:
16 For he said [0559], Because the LORD [03050] hath sworn [03027] [03676] that the LORD [03068] will have war [04421] with Amalek [06002] from generation [01755] to generation [01755].
18 How he met [07136] thee by the way [01870], and smote the hindmost [02179] of thee, even all that were feeble [02826] behind [0310] thee, when thou wast faint [05889] and weary [03023]; and he feared [03373] not God [0430].
48 And he gathered [06213] an host [02428], and smote [05221] the Amalekites [06002], and delivered [05337] Israel [03478] out of the hands [03027] of them that spoiled [08154] them.
18 How he met [07136] thee by the way [01870], and smote the hindmost [02179] of thee, even all that were feeble [02826] behind [0310] thee, when thou wast faint [05889] and weary [03023]; and he feared [03373] not God [0430].
18 How he met [07136] thee by the way [01870], and smote the hindmost [02179] of thee, even all that were feeble [02826] behind [0310] thee, when thou wast faint [05889] and weary [03023]; and he feared [03373] not God [0430].
8 Then came [0935] Amalek [06002], and fought [03898] with Israel [03478] in Rephidim [07508].