Dict: smith - AMALEKITES

smith:

AMALEKITES - A>@ - a nomadic tribe of uncertain origin, which occupied the peninsula of Sinai and the wilderness intervening between the southern hill-ranges of Palestine and the border of Egypt. kjv@Numbers:13:29; kjv@1Samuel:15:7 kjv@1Samuel:27:8) Their wealth consisted in flocks and herds. Mention is made of a "town" ( kjv@1Samuel:15:5) but their towns could have been little more than stations or nomadic enclosures. The Amalekites first came in contact with the Israelites at Rephidim, but were signally defeated. kjv@Exodus:17:8-16) In union with the Canaanites they again attacked the Israelites on the borders of Palestine, and defeated them near Hormah. kjv@Numbers:14:45) Saul undertook an expedition against them. ( kjv@1Samuel:14:48) Their power was thenceforth broken, and they degenerated into a horde of banditti. Their destruction was completed by David. ( kjv@1Samuel:30:1-17)

AMALEKITES, MOUNT OF - A>@ - a mountain in Ephraim, kjv@Judges:12:15) probably so named because the Amalekites once held possession of it.