Mount Of The Amalekites

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Holman Bible Dictionary [1]

Judges 12:15Judges 5:14

Easton's Bible Dictionary [2]

Judges 12:15

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [3]

(הִר הָעֲמָלֵקַי; Sept. ὄρος τοῦ Ἀμαλήκ; Vulg. Mons Amalech), a place near Pirathon, in the tribe of Ephraim (Judges 12:15), apparently so called from some branch of that Canaanitish clan settled there (comp. Judges 5:14, שָׁרְשָׁם בִּעֲמָלֵק מַנַּי אֶפְרִיַם, from Ephraim [came those] whose seat [was] by Amalek, A.V. "out of Ephraim was there a root of them against Amalek"). (See Amalekite).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

("hill-country of the Amalekites" Judges 12:15 ): The Amalekites are usually connected with the valley Numbers 14:25; Judges 7:12 , but appear from this passage to have had a settlement in the hill country of Ephraim. See Amalekites .

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