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Exodus 17

Ex. 17:8 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then came
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
a Amalek
`Amaleq (Hebrew #6002)
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Amalek.
Pronounce: am-aw-lake'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
, and fought
lacham (Hebrew #3898)
to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction)
KJV usage: devour, eat, X ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).
Pronounce: law-kham'
Origin: a primitive root
with Israel
Yisra'el (Hebrew #3478)
from 8280 and 410; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity: --Israel.
Pronounce: yis-raw-ale'
in Rephidim
Rphiydiym (Hebrew #7508)
ballusters; Rephidim, a place in the Desert
KJV usage: Rephidim.
Pronounce: ref-ee-deem'
Origin: plural of the masculine of the same as 7507
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Gen. 36:12• 12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife. (Gen. 36:12)
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Num. 24:20• 20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. (Num. 24:20)

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Amalek; Amalekites,
Israel,
Rephidim

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Gen. 36:12,16• 12And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
 16Duke Korah, duke Gatam, and duke Amalek: these are the dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom; these were the sons of Adah. (Gen. 36:12,16)
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Num. 24:20• 20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever. (Num. 24:20)
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Deut. 25:17• 17Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt; (Deut. 25:17)
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1 Sam. 15:2• 2Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. (1 Sam. 15:2)
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1 Sam. 30:1• 1And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire; (1 Sam. 30:1)
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Psa. 83:7• 7Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; (Psa. 83:7)
• {v.8-16} but with the presence of the Holy Spirit comes conflict, and not rest. Yet Christ, typified here by Joshua, of whom mention is now made for the first time, places Himself spiritually at the head of His people. (“Exodus 16-17” by J.N. Darby)
• The manna is Christ come down from heaven, the smitten Rock is Christ crucified, the living water is an emblem of the Holy Spirit; and now together with the reception of the Spirit comes conflict. It must be so; for “the flesh lusteth against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh: and these are contrary the one to the other: that ye should not do the things that ye would” (Gal. 5:17). Hence the order of these typical events. (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)
• As to Amalek, his real character is readily apprehended from his origin. (See Gen. 36:12.) But the point to be discerned here is, that Amalek sets himself in open antagonism to the people of God, and seeks to hinder their progress, and even to destroy them from off the face of the earth. {Amalek} is therefore the power of Satan—acting through the flesh it may be—that thus challenges the onward march of the children of Israel. (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)
• The subtlety of Satan in the time chosen for the attack is plainly apparent. It was just after the people had sinned, at a time, therefore, when an enemy might have supposed that they were under the displeasure of God. This is ever his method. But if God be for His people, He will suffer no foe to accomplish their destruction. (“Rephidim and Amalek: Exodus 17” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

W. Kelly Translation

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And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)