While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them.
Parallel translations
- WEB Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
- KJV Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
- BSB After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
- NKJV Now Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
- NASB Then Amalek came and fought against Israel at Rephidim.
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Quick answer
Amalek came and attacked Israel at Rephidim. God's redeemed people faced their first armed enemy.
Overview
The Amalekites, descendants of Esau, assaulted Israel unprovoked, later remembered for striking the weak and weary from behind (Deut. 25:17-18). This attack tests whether Israel will trust God for victory as they did for water and bread. The conflict introduces the theme of God fighting for his people against their enemies.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 7
- Gen 36:12Timna was concubine to Eliphaz, Esau’s son; and she bore to Eliphaz Amalek. These are the sons of Adah, Esau’s wife.
- Deut 25:17–19Remember what Amalek did to you by the way as you came out of Egypt;
- 1 Sam 30:1When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South, and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire,
- 1 Sam 15:2Yahweh of Armies says, ‘I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him on the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
- Num 24:20He looked at Amalek, and took up his parable, and said, “Amalek was the first of the nations, But his latter end shall come to destruction.”
- Gen 36:16chief Korah, chief Gatam, chief Amalek: these are the chiefs who came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these are the sons of Adah.
- Ps 83:7Gebal, Ammon, and Amalek; Philistia with the inhabitants of Tyre;
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