Victory over the Amalekites^(A)

^8 (B)Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

² Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, ^(A)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

Destroy the Amalekites

^17 (A)“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, ¹⁸ how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he ^(B)did not fear God. ¹⁹ Therefore it shall be, ^(C)when the Lord your God has given you rest from your enemies all around, in the land which the Lord your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, that you will ^(D)blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. You shall not forget.

¹² Now Timna was the concubine of Eliphaz, Esau’s son, and she bore ^(A)Amalek to Eliphaz. These were the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.

David’s Conflict with the Amalekites

30 Now it happened, when David and his men came to ^(A)Ziklag, on the third day, that the ^(B)Amalekites had invaded the South and Ziklag, attacked Ziklag and burned it with fire,

²⁰ Then he looked on Amalek, and he took up his oracle and said:

^16 [a]Chief Korah, Chief Gatam, and Chief Amalek. These were the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom. They were the sons of Adah.