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NASB | 1 Samuel 30:1 Then it happened when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Samuel 30:1 Now it happened when David and his men came [home] to Ziklag on the third day, [they found] that the Amalekites had made a raid on the Negev (the South country) and on Ziklag, and had overthrown Ziklag and burned it with fire; |
Bible Question:
Hi, I read your comments on Haman maybe not being an amalekite based on the fact that Saul killed them all except Agag. But it seems to me that Saul obviously lied because 15 chpaters later in 1st Samuel 30:1 it says that the Amalekites had invaded the south. What does this mean? thanks barryf |
Bible Answer: Hi, The Amalekites were roving tribespeople (similar on the whole to Bedouin) split up into many smaller groups who had little contact with each other, although some apparently settled in Canaan as there was a Mountain of the Amalekites (Judges 12.15; see also Numbers 14.25, 43). Thus the Amalekite tribe defeated by Saul was a different one from that which invaded from the Negev (see Genesis 14.7; Numbers 13.29). In Judges 3, and 6-7 Amalekites also invaded from the east. They were spread over many places. Best wishes Jonp |