AMALEKITES  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient tribe, or collection of tribes, in the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south and south-See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east of See also:

• PALESTINE

Palestine, often mentioned in the Old Testament as foes of the Israelites . They were regarded as a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of the Edomites (Gen. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi . 12, see See also:

• DOOM (Old Eng. dOm, a word common to Tent. languages for that which is set up or ordered, from " do," in its original meaning of " place "; cf, Gr. &Ass, from stem of ri'rust)

Doom), and appear to have numbered among their divisions the See also:

• KENITES

Kenites . When the Israelites were journeying from See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt to the See also:

• LAND

land of See also:

• CANAAN, CANAANITES

Canaan, the Amalekites are said to have taken See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of their weak See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition to harry the stragglers in the See also:

• REAR

rear, and as a See also:

• JUDGMENT

judgment for their hostility it was ordained that their memory should be blotted out from under See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven (Deut. See also:

• XXV

xxv . 17-19) . An allusion to this appears in the See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ISRAEL (Hebrew for " God strives " or " rules "; see Gen. xxxii. 28; and the allusion in Hosea xii. 4)

Israel's defeat on the occasion of the See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to force a passage from Kadesh through Hormah, evidently into Palestine (Num. xiv . 43-45, cp . Deut. i . 44-46) . The statements are obscure, and elsewhere Hormah is the See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of a victory over the Canaanites by Israel (Num. xxi. r-3), or by the tribes See also:

• JUDAH

Judah and See also:

• SIMEON
• SIMEON (or SYMEON) OF DURHAM (d. after 1129)
• SIMEON, JOSEPH JEROME, COMTE (1749–1842)

Simeon (Judg. i . 17) . The question is further complicated by the account of See also:

• JOSHUA, BOOK OF

Joshua's overthrow of Amalek apparently in the Sinaitic See also:

• PENINSULA
• PENINSULA (Lat. paeninsula, from paene, almost, and insula, an island)

peninsula .

The event was commemorated by the erection of the See also:

• ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar" Yahwehnissi " (" Yahweh my banner " or " memorial "), and rendered even more memorable by the utterance, "Yahweh hath sworn: Yahweh will have See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war with Amalek from See also:

• GENERATION (from Lat. generare, to beget, procreate; genus, stock, race)

generation to generation " (Ex. xvii . 8-16, on its See also:

• PRESENT

present position, see Exonus [Boor]) . The same sentiment recurs in Yahweh's command to See also:

• SAUL (Heb. shd'ul, " asked ")

Saul to destroy Amalek utterly for its hostility to Israel (i Sam. xv.), and in See also:

• DAVID
• DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
• DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
• DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
• DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
• DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)

David's retaliatory expedition when he distributed among his See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends the spoil of the " enemies of Yahweh " (See also:

• XXX

xxx . 26) . Saul himself, according to one tradition, was slain by an Amalekite (2 Sam. i., contrast r Sam. xxxi.) . A similar spirit appears among the prophecies ascribed to See also:

• BALAAM (eit Bil'am; BaAaau; Vg. Balaam; the etymology of the name is uncertain)

Balaam: " Amalek, first (or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief) of nations, his latter end [will be] destruction " (Num. See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 20) . The See also:

• DISTRICT

district of Amalek See also:

• LAY

lay to the south of Judah (cp. i Chron. iv . 42 seq.), probably between Kadesh and Hormah (cp . Gen. xiv . 7; 1 Sam. xv . 7, See also:

• XXVII

xxvii .

8), and the interchange of the ethnic with " Canaanites " and " See also:

• AMORITES

Amorites " suggests that the Amalekites are merely one of Israel's traditional enemies of the older See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Hence we find them taking See also:

• PART

part with See also:

• AMMONITES

Ammonites and Midianites (Judg. iii . 13, vi . 3), and their See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king Agag, slain by See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel as a sacrificial offering (1 Sam. xv . 9), was a byword for old-See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time might and See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power (Num. xxiv . 7) . Even in one of the See also:

• PSALMS, BOOK
• PSALMS, BOOK OF, or PSALTER

Psalms (lxxxiii . 7) Amalek is mentioned among the enemies of Israel—just as See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek writers of the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century of this era applied the old See also:

• TERM

term Scythians to the Goths (See also:

• NOLDEKE
• NOLDEKE, THEODOR (1836— )

Noldeke);-and the traditional hostility between Saul and Amalek is reflected still later in the See also:

• BOOK

book of See also:

• ESTHER

Esther where Haman the Agagite is pitted against Mordecai the Benjamite . Twice Amalek seems to be mentioned as occupying central Palestine (Judg. v . 14, sii . 15), but the passages are textually uncertain . The name is celebrated in Arabian tradition, but the statements regarding them are confused and conflicting, and for See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical purposes are practically worthless, as has been proved by Th .

Noldeke (Ueber See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

die Amalekiter, See also:

• GOTTINGEN

Gottingen, 1864) . ' On the biblical data, see also E . See also:

• MEYER, CHRISTIAN ERICH HERMANN VON (18or-1869)
• MEYER, HEINRICH AUGUST WILHELM (1800-1873)
• MEYER, JULIUS LOTHAR (183o-1895)
• MEYER, KONRAD FERDINAND (1825-1898)
• MEYER, VICTOR (1848-1897)
• MEYER, [MARIE] PAUL HYACINTHE (184o- )

Meyer, Die Israeliten (See also:

• INDEX

Index, s.v.) . , (S . A .