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What About The Amalekites? (2)

A look at the text God tells Samuel, “I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt,” (v. 2).  You can read about this in Exodus 17:8-16 and Deuteronomy 25:17-19.  Saul observes this part of the command quite carefully as he separates the Kenites from the Amalekites (v. 7).  Whatever else then isContinue reading “What About The Amalekites? (2)”