WHO WERE THE AMELAKITES?

WHO WERE THE AMELAKITES?

Who were the amalakites

In a few rabbinical translations, Amalek is etymologized as Am lak, 'a group who lick (blood)',but most experts respect the beginning to be obscure.

Amalek (Hebrew: /mlk/)עֲמָלֵק, 'Ămālēq, Arabic:The Hebrew Bible describes 'Amlq) as a nation that fought the Israelites hard.The nation's founder, a grandson of Esau, may be referred to by the name "Amalek."the Amalekites, his heirs;or the areas they occupied in Amalek's territories.

                  THEIR IDENTITY

They were the descendants of Amalek , the grandson of Esau.

Genesis 36 :15-16 says Here we saw that Amalek was part of the descendants of Esau who became the various leaders of their clans, these were the sons Esau's Eldest son Eliphaz:-

                  Omar

                  Zepho

                  Kenaz

                  Korah

                  Gatam and Amalek.

So the Amelakites were the descendants of Amalek,the son of Eliphaz, the grand son of of Esau, who was one of the leaders in Edom.

    WHERE DID THEY LIVED?

                 Numbers 13:29

The Bible says they lived in the Negev (south Canaan).

"The Amalekites lived in the Negev,and the Hittites ,Jebusites ,and Amorites lived in the hill country, the Canaanite lived along the coast of the Mediterranean sea and along the Jordan valley.

The Negev was a a desert and semi desert region in the southern Israel. the origin of the word Negev is from a Hebrew root word, who h means Dry or wipe dry..

 WHAT WERE THE WARS THEY  FOUGHT?

                Genesis 14:5 - 7

They were defeated by Kedorlaomer and his Allies.

Bible verse

" One year later , kedorlaomer and his allies arrived and defeated the Raphaites at Ashteroth Karna I'm, theZuzites at Ham, the Emites at Shaven kiriathaim, and the Horites at mount seir, as far as All paran at the edge of the wilderness 

Then they turn back and came to Enmishpat ( Now called Kadesh ) and conquered all the territories of the amalekite and also the Amorites living in Hazazon Tamar "

They Were Also Defeated By The Israelites In The Desert.(Exodus 17:8 -13)

" While the people of Israel were still at Raphidim, the warriors of Amalek  attacked them, moses commanded Joshua , Choose some men to go out and fight the Army of the Amalek for us.

Tomorrow , I will stand at the top  of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand.

So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the Army of Amalek.  

Meanwhile , moses , Aaron , and Hur climbed to the top of the mountain nearby. As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand , the Israelite had the advantage but whenever he dropped his hands , the Amalekites gained the advantage.

Moses' arms soon  became  so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on,  then they stood on each side of moses , holding up his hand . so his hands held steady until sunset.

As a result , Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalekin battle .

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They Defeated The Disobedient Israelite (Numbers 14:41-45)

" But moses said , why are you now disobeying the lords orders to return to the wilderness?. It won't work.

Do not go up into the land now, you will only be crushed by your Enemies because the lord is not with you.

When you  face the Amalekites and Canaanites in battle, you will be slaughtered .

The Lord will abandon you because you have abandoned the Lord

But the people defiantly push up towards the hill country , even though neither Moses nor the ark of the covenant left the camp.

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in those hills came down and attacked them and  chased them back as far as Hormah "

They Allied With The Medianites Against Israelites (Judge 6 :3, 33)

" whenever the Israelite planted their crops, marauders from median , Amalek , and the people of the east would attack Israel "

" Soon after the armies of median , Amalekand the people of the east for mes  an alliance against Israel and crossed the Jordan, Camping in the valley of jezreel "

Other wars they fought were ::-

a,  They were defeated by king Saul

b,  They were defeated by king David

c,  The Amelakite soldiers were the ones  that killed king Saul (2 Sam 1:4-15)

WHAT ARE THE IMPORTANT DATA CONCERNING THEM?

1,   The Amalekites had no fear of God, seen in the book of Deuteronomy 35:17-18

   The bible says the Amalekites::-

a,   they attacked the Israelite when they were exhausted and weary.

b,   they struck those who were straggling behind

c,   they had no fear of God.

2, Moses Prophesized Their Complete Destruction(Exodus 17:14)

Moses says " the lord instructed  me to write, as a permanent reminder ,and read it to Joshua.

He says I will Erase the memory of the Amalekites from under the Heaven ".

BALAAN PREDICTED THEIR DESTRUCTION

NUMBERS 24:20

Their destruction was completed by the simeonites

1 chronicle 4: 41 - 43

" But during the reign of king Hezekiahof Judah these leaders of Simeon, invade the region and completely destroyed the region and completely destroyed the homes of rhe descendants of Ham and of meunites. No trace of them remain today.

They killed everyone who lived there and took the lands for themselves because they wantwd a good pasture land for their flocks.

Five hundred of these invaders from the tribe of Simeon went to mount sir , led by Pelatiah, Near I ah , and Uzziel. All sons of Ishi.

They destroyed the few Amalekites who had survive and they had lived there since "