Bible Question:
If by murder you mean the deliberate taking of human life, then please read 1 Samuel 15:1-4, and let me have your comments theron. Thank you. E Brain. |
Bible Answer: Hi Ebrain, Briefly, God's ban against the Amalekites was a judgment against the nation (and the gods of that nation, which inspired the Amalekites to attack Israel). Studylight.org has a good comment on it under Coffman's Commentary. It seems this is not murder on God's part but judgment. In Adam Clark's words, "Nothing could justify such an exterminating decree but the absolute authority of God." |