Battle with Amalek. ⁸ Then Amalek^[a] came and waged war against Israel in Rephidim.^(A)

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses: Write this down in a book as something to be remembered, and recite it to Joshua:^(A) I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.

^17 [a](A)Bear in mind what Amalek did to you on the journey after you left Egypt, ¹⁸ how he surprised you along the way, weak and weary as you were, and struck down at the rear all those who lagged behind; he did not fear God. ¹⁹ Therefore, when the Lord, your God, gives you rest from all your enemies round about in the land which the Lord, your God, is giving you to possess as a heritage, you shall blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens. Do not forget!

⁴⁸ and fought bravely. He defeated Amalek and delivered Israel from the hand of those who were plundering them.^(A)

³ Go, now, attack Amalek, and put under the ban^[a] everything he has. Do not spare him; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.”^(A)

⁷ Saul routed Amalek from Havilah to the approaches of Shur, on the frontier of Egypt.^{(A) 8} He took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but the rest of the people he destroyed by the sword, putting them under the ban.

¹² from Edom, Moab, the Ammonites, the Philistines, and Amalek, and from the spoils of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.