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== People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69591" /> == | == People's Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_69591" /> == | ||
<p> [[Amalek]] (''Ăm'A-L'' ''Ĕk'' ), ''People Of Prey, Booty.'' The son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau. Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36. He was probably the father of the Amalekites, an ancient and powerful people, Genesis 14:7; Numbers 24:20, who inhabited the regions on the south of Palestine, between [[Idumea]] and Egypt, and also to the eastward of the [[Dead]] Sea and Mount Seir. Judges 5:14; Judges 12:15; 1 Samuel 15:5. The Hebrews had scarcely passed the Red Sea, when the [[Amalekites]] attacked them; they were defeated by Joshua. Exodus 17:8. Saul destroyed them as a nation, 1 Samuel 15:2-33, and David utterly routed them. 1 Samuel 30:17. A small remnant seems to have escaped, till at last the word of the Lord was fulfilled, and their name was blotted from the earth, in their utter destruction. Numbers 24:20; 1 Chronicles 4:43. The "Agagite," in Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:3; Esther 8:5, was probably an Amalekite, whose ancestor had escaped from the general carnage. </p> | <p> [[Amalek]] ( ''Ăm'A-L'' ''Ĕk'' ), ''People Of Prey, Booty.'' The son of Eliphaz, and grandson of Esau. Genesis 36:16; 1 Chronicles 1:36. He was probably the father of the Amalekites, an ancient and powerful people, Genesis 14:7; Numbers 24:20, who inhabited the regions on the south of Palestine, between [[Idumea]] and Egypt, and also to the eastward of the [[Dead]] Sea and Mount Seir. Judges 5:14; Judges 12:15; 1 Samuel 15:5. The Hebrews had scarcely passed the Red Sea, when the [[Amalekites]] attacked them; they were defeated by Joshua. Exodus 17:8. Saul destroyed them as a nation, 1 Samuel 15:2-33, and David utterly routed them. 1 Samuel 30:17. A small remnant seems to have escaped, till at last the word of the Lord was fulfilled, and their name was blotted from the earth, in their utter destruction. Numbers 24:20; 1 Chronicles 4:43. The "Agagite," in Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 8:3; Esther 8:5, was probably an Amalekite, whose ancestor had escaped from the general carnage. </p> | ||
== Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197425" /> == | == Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types <ref name="term_197425" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_19456" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_19456" /> == | ||
<p> (Hebrew Amalek', עֲמָלֵק, according to Furst, from the Arabic, ''Dweller In A Valley;'' Sept. Ἀμαλήκ, Vulg. ''Amalech, Amalec),'' the son of [[Eliphaz]] (the first-born of Esau) by his concubine [[Timna]] ( Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36); he was the chieftain, or emir ("Duke"), of an [[Idumaean]] tribe ( Genesis 36:16); which, however, was probably not the same with the AMALEKITES (See Amalekites) (q.v.) so often mentioned in [[Scripture]] ( Numbers 24:20, etc.). B.C. post 1905. His mother came of the Horite race, whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized; and, although Amalek himself is represented as of equal rank with the other sons of Eliphaz, yet his posterity appear to have shared the fate of the Horite population, a "remnant" only being mentioned as existing in Edom in the time of Hezekiah, when they were dispersed by a band of the tribe of [[Simeon]] ( 1 Chronicles 4:43). </p> | <p> (Hebrew Amalek', '''''עֲמָלֵק''''' , according to Furst, from the Arabic, ''Dweller In A Valley;'' Sept. '''''Ἀμαλήκ''''' , Vulg. ''Amalech, Amalec),'' the son of [[Eliphaz]] (the first-born of Esau) by his concubine [[Timna]] ( Genesis 36:12; 1 Chronicles 1:36); he was the chieftain, or emir ("Duke"), of an [[Idumaean]] tribe ( Genesis 36:16); which, however, was probably not the same with the AMALEKITES (See Amalekites) (q.v.) so often mentioned in [[Scripture]] ( Numbers 24:20, etc.). B.C. post 1905. His mother came of the Horite race, whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized; and, although Amalek himself is represented as of equal rank with the other sons of Eliphaz, yet his posterity appear to have shared the fate of the Horite population, a "remnant" only being mentioned as existing in Edom in the time of Hezekiah, when they were dispersed by a band of the tribe of [[Simeon]] ( 1 Chronicles 4:43). </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_995" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_995" /> == | ||
<p> '''''am´a''''' -'''''lek''''' ( עמלק , <i> '''''‛ămālēḳ''''' </i> ): 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 , Genesis 36:16 ). See [[Amalekite]] . </p> | <p> ''''' am´a ''''' - ''''' lek ''''' ( עמלק , <i> ''''' ‛ămālēḳ ''''' </i> ): 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 , Genesis 36:16 ). See [[Amalekite]] . </p> | ||
== Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14869" /> == | == Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature <ref name="term_14869" /> == | ||
