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Many [neutrality is disputed] scholars interpret the book of Joshua as referring to what would now be considered genocide. [1] When the Israelites arrive in the Promised Land, they are commanded to annihilate "the Hittites and the Amorites, the Canaanites and the Perizzites, the Hivites and the Jebusites" who already lived there, to avoid being tempted into idolatry. [2]
The Amalekites (/ ˈ æ m ə l ɛ k aɪ t s /) [17] were claimed to be Amalek's descendants through the genealogy of Esau. [18] According to the Hebrew Bible, the Amalekites inhabited the Negev and Sinai. [3] They appear to have lived a nomadic or seminomadic lifestyle along the fringes of southern Canaan's agricultural zone. [4]
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1 Samuel 15 is the fifteenth chapter of the First Book of Samuel in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible or the first part of the Books of Samuel in the Hebrew Bible. [1] According to Jewish tradition the book was attributed to the prophet Samuel , with additions by the prophets Gad and Nathan , [ 2 ] but modern scholars view it as a ...
The battle began with the Amalekites' unprovoked attack against the Israelites (Exodus 17:8). Afterwards, Yahweh announced the extermination of the Amalekites and called on Israel to defeat them, stating that Israel would experience peace with their enemies (Exodus 17:14, Deuteronomy 25:19). This was the first of several conflicts over several ...
Harsh as it seems the command to blot out Amalek's memory, its justification was seen in the leniency shown by King Saul, the son of Kish, to Agag, the king of the Amalekites (I Samuel 15:9), which made it possible for Haman the Agagite to appear (Esther 3:1); his cruel plot against the Jews could only be counteracted by another descendant of ...
A similar command is given in 1 Samuel 15, where the prophet Samuel tells Saul—the first king of Israel—that God has ordered them to “Go and proscribe the sinful Amalekites; make war on them ...
He had six sons, [3] of whom Omar was the firstborn, and the others were Teman, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz and finally Amalek, who was born to his concubine Timna. The people of Amalek were the ancestral enemy of the Israelite people ( Book of Exodus Ex 17:16 ; Book of Deuteronomy Deut 25:19 ; I Samuel 1Sam 15:2–3 ).
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