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Amalek

am'-a-lek (`amaleq): 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 (Ge 36:12,16). ⇒See a list of verses on AMALEK in the Bible. See AMALEKITE . ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia....

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Amalek; Amalekite

am'-a-lek, a-mal'-e-kit, am'-a-lek-it (`amaleq, `amaleqi): A tribe dwelling originally in the region south of Judah, the wilderness of et-Tih where the Israelites came into conflict with them. They were nomads as a people dwelling in that tract would naturally be. When they joined the Midianites to ...

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Mount of the Amalekites

("Hill-country of the Amalekites" (Jg 12:15)): The Amalekites are usually connected with the valley (Nu 14:25; Jg 7:12), but appear from this passage to have had a settlement in the hill country of Ephraim. ⇒See also the McClintock and Strong Biblical Cyclopedia. See AMALEKITE . ...

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First Forty YearsBackground Moses means 'drawn out' probably because he was drawn out of the water and Israel was drawn out of Egypt. He is one of the greatest Old Testament figures standing next to Abraham and David in importance. While Moses is not mentioned outside the Old Testament there are vei...

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Surrounding Nations

Introduction The most comprehensive list of foreign nations known to the Hebrews is that given in Genesis 10 in the form of a genealogical table of the descendants of Shem, Ham and Jepheth. The descendants are nations not individuals, and broadly speaking they form three geographical groups, the nor ...