Then Amalek came and fought with Israel — The Amalekites were the posterity of Esau, who hated Jacob because of the birth — right and blessing. They did not boldly front them as a generous enemy, but without any provocation given, basely fell upon their rear, and smote them that were faint and feeble.
Verse Exodus 17:8. _THEN CAME AMALEK, AND FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL_] The Amalekites seem to have attacked the Israelites in the same way and through the same motives that the wandering Arabs attack the car...
THEN CAME AMALEK - The attack occurred about two months after the Exodus, toward the end of May or early in June, when the Bedouins leave the lower plains in order to find pasture for their flocks on...
CHAPTER 17 AT REPHIDIM _ 1. The water from the rock (Exodus 17:1)_ 2. The conflict with Amalek (Exodus 17:8) From Sin they went to Dophkah and Alush before they came to Rephidim (Numbers 33:12). Aga...
EXODUS 27. WATER FROM THE ROCK (Exodus 17 :1 P (Rephidim), Exodus 17:1 b - Exodus 17:2 a (strove, strive) E, Exodus 17:3 and Exodus 17:2 b (tempt) J,...
THEN CAME AMALEK. See on Genesis 21:25 and Judges 5:11. Amalek came to fight for the water. Compare Deuteronomy 25:17; Deuteronomy 25:1
THEN CAME AMALEK— We learn from Deuteronomy 25:18 that the Amalekites fell upon the hindmost part of the Israelitish army, and smote all that were feeble behind, at a time when they were all faint and...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 17 And all the congregation of the children of Is-ra-el journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, by their journeys, according to the commandment of Je-ho-vah, and encamped...
_THEN CAME AMALEK, AND FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL IN REPHIDIM._ Then came Amalek. Some time probably elapsed before they were exposed to this new evil: and the presumption of there being such an interval aff...
REPHIDIM. MURMURING FOR WATER. OPPOSITION OF AMALEK Leaving the maritime plain the Israelites now strike inland, and after halting at Dophkah and Alush (see Numbers 33:12) they come to Rephidim. This...
AMALEK] The Amalekites, here described collectively in the singular number, were a nomadic tribe, very fierce and warlike, roaming over the desert country S. of Canaan, including the Sinaitic peninsul...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 17 WATER AT HOREB – VERSES 1-7 V1 All the *Israelites left the *dese...
THEN CAME AMALEK. — The Amalekites had not been previously (except in the anticipatory notice of Genesis 14:7) mentioned as a nation. Their name marks them for descendants of Amalek, the grandson of E...
וַ יָּבֹ֖א עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַ יִּלָּ֥חֶם עִם ־יִשְׂר
WATER FROM THE ROCK; VICTORY OVER AMALEK Exodus 17:1 From the smitten rock flowed the water for the thirsty hosts. So the Rock of Ages was smitten, and from His riven side has flowed out blood and wa...
Another trial of their faith came to the people in the lack of water. In view of the fact that they had been provided with bread and flesh, it would seem as if they would have learned enough to be abl...
Then came (e) Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. (e) Who came from Eliphaz, son of Esau, (Genesis 36:12)....
_Amalec. The descendants of Esau by his grandson, living about the Red Sea._...
The origin of Amalek we find in Genesis 14:7. Observe Amalek is the first of the nations to oppose God's people, and remark his latter end; Numbers 24:20. Is not this also to be spiritually considered...
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
8._Then came Amalek. _These were the first enemies whom God arrayed against Israel, after having delivered them from Egypt, and having kept them for some time in peace and quietness. It was principall...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 16 AND 17. But now the difficulties of the way arrive. They travel three days without water-a sad effect, in appearance, of such a deliverance; and then the w...
THEN CAME AMALEK,.... The Amalekites, who were not the posterity of Amalek, a son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, by Timna the concubine of Eliphaz, Genesis 36:12 who dwelt in the desert, to the south of...
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Ver. 8. _Then came Amalek._] Not having the fear of God before his eyes, Deu 25:18 but carried on by the ancient enmity: for Amalek was Esau's gr...
_Then came Amalek_ When they were upon their march from Rephidim to Horeb, (Deuteronomy 25:17,) and _fought with Israel _ The Amalekites were the posterity of Esau, who hated Jacob because of the birt...
The people murmure for water at Rephidim. 5 God sendeth him for water to the rocke in Horeb. 8 Amalek is ouercome by the holding vp of Moses hands. 15 Moses buildeth the Altar IEHOVAH Nissi. [MURM...
THE BATTLE WITH THE AMALEKITES...
Then came Amalek, the nation which had descended from Amalek, the grandson of Esau, Genesis 36:12, AND FOUGHT WITH ISRAEL IN REPHIDIM....
FIFTH SECTION The journey through the wilderness to Sinai. Want of water. Marah. Elim. The Wilderness of Sin. Quails. Manna. Rephidim (Massah and Meribah). The Amalekites. Jethro and his advice, a hu...
WATER FROM THE ROCK (vs.1-7) Bread has been provided for the people. Can God provide water also? Why did they not simply appeal to Him in fullest confidence that He would answer just as fully as He...
8-16 Israel engaged with Amalek in their own necessary defence. God makes his people able, and calls them to various services for the good of his church. Joshua fights, Moses prays, both minister to...
THEN, i.e. when they were upon their march from Rephidim to Horeb, DEUTERONOMY 25:17,18. The ground of the quarrel was the prosecution of the old hatred of Esau a against Jacob, and-the revenging of t...
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the Lord, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water...
Exodus 17:8 Amalek H6002 came H935 (H8799) fought H3898 (H8735) Israel H3478 Rephidim H7508...
A SUDDEN ATTACK FROM AN UNEXPECTED FOE (EXODUS 17:8). Up to this point the problems of the journey have been physical problems arising from the environment, but now the children of Israel are reminded...
CONTENTS: Smitten rock at Meribah. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua, Aaron, Hur. CONCLUSION: Fed by the Bread of Life; refreshed by the Water of Life (John 7:37) means victory for the believer in ever...
Exodus 17:1. _Rephidim._ The plain before Horeb, where the Israelites encamped before they removed to the plain opposite Sinai. Exodus 17:6. _Thou shalt smite the rock._ Horeb was the place where God...
_Then came Amalek, and fought._ FIGHTING AND PRAYING “Then came Amalek”; that is, after the manna had fallen, after the rock had been smitten. First food, then conflict. God spared His people all bat...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 17:8 While Israel is camped at Rephidim (v. Exodus 17:8; compare v. Exodus 17:1), they are attacked by
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 17:16. The Lord hath sworn.]—A far-fetched if not an impossible rendering. The words are literally— “For (or because) a hand upon (or against) the throne of Jah; War for Jeho...
EXPOSITION THE WAR WITH AMALEK. The Amalekites seem to have been descendants of Amalek, the grandson of Esau (Genesis 36:12). They separated themselves off from the other Edomites at an early date, an...
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and they pitched in Rephidim: and there was no...
Genesis 36:12 Genesis 36:16 Numbers 24:20 Deuteronomy 25:17...