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An Unprovoked, Calculated Attack
Commentators explain that Amalek's attack was not random but a calculated assault. Motivations likely included protecting valuable grazing lands from the massive Israelite migration, an opportunity to plunder the wealth Israel carried from Egypt, and a deep-seated historical grudge as descendants of Esau against the descendants of Jacob.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 17:8
18th Century
Theologian
Then came Amalek - The attack occurred about two months after the Exodus, toward the end of May or early in June, when the Bedouins leave th…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 17:8
19th Century
Bishop
Then came Amalek. —The Amalekites had not been previously (except in the anticipatory notice of Genesis 14:7) mentioned as a natio…
John Calvin
On Exodus 17:8
16th Century
Theologian
Then came Amalek. These were the first enemies whom God brought against Israel after delivering them from Egypt and keeping them for some …
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John Gill
On Exodus 17:8
17th Century
Pastor
Then came Amalek
The Amalekites, who were not the posterity of Amalek, a son of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, by Timna t…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 17:8–16
17th Century
Minister
Israel engaged with Amalek in their own necessary defense. God makes his people able and calls them to various services for the good of his church.…