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Bible Question: Is there any record of the Amalekites after Saul's reign in the bible? prayon

Bible Answer: Amalekite
a tribe that dwelt in Arabia Petraea, between the
Dead Sea and the Red Sea. They were not the
descendants of Amalek, the son of Eliphaz, for
they existed in the days of Abraham (Ge 14:7).
They were probably a tribe that migrated from
the shores of the Persian Gulf and settled in
Arabia. "They dwelt in the land of the
south...from Havilah until thou comest to Shur"
(Nu 13:29; 1Sa 15:7). They were a pastoral, and
hence a nomadic race. Their kings bore the
hereditary name of Agag (Nu 24:7; 1Sa 15:8).
They attempted to stop the Israelites when they
marched through their territory (De 25:18),
attacking them at Rephidim (Ex 17:8-13; comp.
De 25:17; 1Sa 15:2). They afterwards attacked
the Israelites at Hormah (Nu 14:45). We read of
them subsequently as in league with the
Moabites (Jg 3:13) and the Midianites (Jg 6:3).
Saul finally desolated their territory and
destroyed their power (1Sa 14:48; 15:3), and
David recovered booty from them (1Sa
30:18-20). In the Babylonian inscriptions they
are called Sute, in those of Egypt Sittiu, and the
Amarna tablets include them under the general
name of Khabbati, or "plunderers."

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Johnny