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They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
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Fulfilling an Ancient Decree
Commentators explain that the Amalekites mentioned here were the last survivors of the wars waged against them by King Saul and King David centuries earlier. The Simeonites' victory thus completed a long-standing divine judgment, showing how God's purposes can be fulfilled across many generations of His people.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Unto this day - These words are probably taken from the record which the writer of Chronicles had before him and do not imply that …
19th Century
Anglican
The rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. —Literally, the remnant of the survivors (pelêtâh, an abstract colle…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, etc.] That escaped the sword of Saul; though, according…
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In this chapter we have a further account of Judah, the most numerous and most famous of all the tribes; also an account of Simeon. The most remark…
