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== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15538" /> == | == American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_15538" /> == | ||
<p> 1. A general name of the kings of the Amalekites; apparently like [[Pharaoh]] for the [[Egyptian]] kings, [[Numbers]] 1:1-36:13 24:7 1 [[Samuel]] 15:8 . The last one mentioned in [[Scripture]] was "hewed in pieces" by Samuel, before the Lord, because [[Saul]] had sinfully spared him and the flocks and herds, when ordered utterly to exterminate them. [[He]] seems to have incurred an uncommon punishment by infamous cruelties, 1 Samuel 15:33 </p> <p> 2. Agagite, in [[Esther]] 3:1,10 8:3,5 is used to mark the nation whence [[Haman]] sprung. [[Josephus]] explains the word by Amalekite. </p> | <p> 1. A general name of the kings of the Amalekites; apparently like [[Pharaoh]] for the [[Egyptian]] kings, [[Numbers]] 1:1-36:13 24:7 1 [[Samuel]] 15:8 . The last one mentioned in [[Scripture]] was "hewed in pieces" by Samuel, before the Lord, because [[Saul]] had sinfully spared him and the flocks and herds, when ordered utterly to exterminate them. [[He]] seems to have incurred an uncommon punishment by infamous cruelties, 1 Samuel 15:33 </p> <p> 2. Agagite, in [[Esther]] 3:1,10 8:3,5 is used to mark the nation whence [[Haman]] sprung. [[Josephus]] explains the word by Amalekite. </p> | ||
