Easton's Bible Dictionary Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Genesis 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia AMALEK 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 (Genesis 36:12, 16). See AMALEKITE. AMALEK; AMALEKITE am'-a-lek, a-mal'-e-kit, am'-a-lek-it (`amaleq, `amaleqi): A tribe dwelling originally in the region south of Judah, the wilderness of et-Tih where the Israelites came into conflict with them. They were nomads as a people dwelling in that tract would naturally be. When they joined the Midianites to invade Israel they came "with their cattle and their tents" (Judges 6:3-5). They are not to be identified with the descendants of Esau (Genesis 36:12, 16) because they are mentioned earlier, in the account of the invasion of Chedorlaomer (Genesis 14:7) and in Balaam's prophecy (Numbers 24:20) Amalek is called "the first of the nations," which seems to refer to an early existence. We are uncertain of their origin, for they do not appear in the list of nations found in Genesis 10. They do not seem to have had any relationship with the tribes of Israel, save as, we may surmise, some of the descendants of Esau were incorporated into the tribe. It is probable that they were of Semitic stock though we have no proof of it. The first contact with Israel was at Rephidim, in the wilderness of Sinai, where they made an unprovoked attack and were defeated after a desperate conflict (Exodus 17:8-13 Deuteronomy 25:17, 18). On account of this they were placed under the ban and Israel was commanded to exterminate them (Deuteronomy 25:19 1 Samuel 15:2, 3). The next encounter of the two peoples was when the Israelites attempted to enter Canaan from the west of the Dead Sea. The spies had reported that the Amalekites were to be found in the south, in connection with the Hittites, Jebusites and Amorites (Numbers 13:29). The Israelites at first refused to advance, but later determined to do so contrary to the will of God and the command of Moses. They were met by Amalek and the Canaanites and completely defeated (Numbers 14:39-45). Amalek is next found among the allies of Moab in their attack upon Israel in the days of Eglon (Judges 3:13). They were also associated with the Midianites in their raids upon Israel (Judges 6:3), and they seemed to have gained a foothold in Ephraim, or at least a branch of them, in the hill country (Judges 5:14; Judges 12:15), but it is evident that the great body of them still remained in their old habitat, for when Saul made war upon them he drove them toward Shur in the wilderness toward Egypt (1 Samuel 15:1-9). David also found them in the same region (1 Samuel 27:8; 1 Samuel 30:1). After this they seem to have declined, and we find, in the days of Hezekiah, only a remnant of them who were smitten by the Simeonites at Mount Seir (1 Chronicles 4:41-43). They are once mentioned in Psalms in connection with other inveterate enemies of Israel (Psalm 83:7). The hatred Inspired by the Amalekites is reflected in the passages already mentioned which required their utter destruction. Their attack upon them when they were just escaped from Egypt and while they were struggling through the wilderness made a deep impression upon the Israelites which they never forgot, and the wrath of David upon the messenger who brought him news of the death of Saul and Jonathan, declaring himself to be the slayer of Saul, was no doubt accentuated by his being an Amalekite (2 Samuel 1:1-16). H. Porter

Multi-Version Concordance Amalek (35 Occurrences) Genesis 36:12 Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau's son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau's wife. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Genesis 36:16 chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:9 Moses said to Joshua, "Choose men for us, and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with God's rod in my hand." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:11 It happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed; and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:13 Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:14 Yahweh said to Moses, "Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Exodus 17:16 He said, "Yah has sworn:'Yahweh will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Numbers 13:29 Amalek dwells in the land of the South: and the Hittite, and the Jebusite, and the Amorite, dwell in the hill country; and the Canaanite dwells by the sea, and along by the side of the Jordan." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Numbers 24:20 He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, "Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction." (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Deuteronomy 25:17 Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came forth out of Egypt; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Deuteronomy 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when Yahweh your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance to possess it, that you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the sky; you shall not forget. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 3:13 He gathered to him the children of Ammon and Amalek; and he went and struck Israel, and they possessed the city of palm trees. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 5:14 Those whose root is in Amalek came out of Ephraim, after you, Benjamin, among your peoples. Governors come down out of Machir. Those who handle the marshal's staff came out of Zebulun. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 6:3 So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east; they came up against them; (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 6:33 Then all the Midianites and the Amalekites and the children of the east assembled themselves together; and they passed over, and encamped in the valley of Jezreel. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 7:12 The Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like locusts for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand which is on the seashore for multitude. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) Judges 10:12 The Sidonians also, and the Amalekites, and the Maonites, did oppress you; and you cried to me, and I saved you out of their hand. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 14:48 He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:2 Thus says Yahweh of Armies,'I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:5 Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:6 Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:8 He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:15 Saul said, "They have brought them from the Amalekites; for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the cattle, to sacrifice to Yahweh your God. We have utterly destroyed the rest." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:20 Saul said to Samuel, "But I have obeyed the voice of Yahweh, and have gone the way which Yahweh sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 15:32 Then said Samuel, "Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites!" Agag came to him cheerfully. Agag said, "Surely the bitterness of death is past." (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Samuel 28:18 Because you didn't obey the voice of Yahweh, and didn't execute his fierce wrath on Amalek, therefore Yahweh has done this thing to you this day. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 2 Samuel 8:12 of Syria, and of Moab, and of the children of Ammon, and of the Philistines, and of Amalek, and of the spoil of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 1:36 The sons of Eliphaz: Teman, and Omar, Zephi, and Gatam, Kenaz, and Timna, and Amalek. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 4:43 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day. (Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) 1 Chronicles 18:11 These also did king David dedicate to Yahweh, with the silver and the gold that he carried away from all the nations; from Edom, and from Moab, and from the children of Ammon, and from the Philistines, and from Amalek. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV) Psalms 83:7 Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre; (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)