Exo 17:14, 16, Deu 9:14, Jos 6:3, 7:12, 22-25, 1Sa 14:48, 1Sa 15, 27:8 | ESV | STEP | Then the Lord said to Moses , Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of Joshua , that I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven .

14 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write this as a memorial in a book and recite it in the ears of ^aJoshua, that ^bI will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Exodus 17:16

16 saying, “A hand upon the throne ^{▼▼A slight change would yield upon the banner} of the Lord! ^dThe Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.”

Deuteronomy 9:14

14 ^eLet me alone, that I may destroy them and ^fblot out their name from under heaven. And ^gI will make of you a nation mightier and greater than they.’

Joshua 6:3

3 You shall march around the city, all the men of war going around the city once. Thus shall you do for six days.

Joshua 7:12

12 ^hTherefore the people of Israel cannot stand before their enemies. They ⁱturn their backs before their enemies, because they have become ^jdevoted for destruction. ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devoted) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction)} I will be with you no more, unless you destroy ^lthe devoted things from among you.

Joshua 7:22-25

22 So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was hidden in his tent with the silver underneath. 23 And they took them out of the tent and brought them to Joshua and to all the people of Israel. And they laid them down before the Lord. 24 And Joshua and all Israel with him took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver and the cloak and the bar of gold, and his sons and daughters and his oxen and donkeys and sheep and his tent and all that he had. And they brought them up to the ^mValley of Achor. 25 And Joshua said, “Why did you ⁿbring trouble on us? The Lord brings trouble on you today.” And all Israel ^ostoned him with stones. ^pThey burned them with fire and stoned them with stones.

1 Samuel 14:48

48 And he did valiantly ^qand struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.

1 Samuel 15

The Lord Rejects Saul

1 And Samuel said to Saul, ^r“The Lord sent me to anoint you king over his people Israel; now therefore listen to the words of the Lord. 2 Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel ^sin opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3 Now go and strike Amalek and ^tdevote to destruction ^{▼▼That is, set apart ( devote) as an offering to the Lord (for destruction); also verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, 21} all that they have. Do not spare them, ^vbut kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

4 So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6 Then Saul said to ^wthe Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. ^xFor you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 ^yAnd Saul defeated the Amalekites from ^zHavilah as far as ^aaShur, which is east of Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive ^aband devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 ^acBut Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain} and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

10 The word of the Lord came to Samuel: 11 ^ae“I regret ^{▼▼See also verses 29, 35} that I have made Saul king, for he has turned back from following me and ^aghas not performed my commandments.” And Samuel was angry, and he cried to the Lord all night. 12 And Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning. And it was told Samuel, “Saul came to ^ahCarmel, and behold, he set up a monument for himself and turned and passed on and went down to Gilgal.” 13 And Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said to him, ^ai“Blessed be you to the Lord. I have performed the commandment of the Lord.” 14 And Samuel said, “What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears and the lowing of the oxen that I hear?” 15 Saul said, “They have brought them from the Amalekites, ^ajfor the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen to sacrifice to the Lord your God, and the rest we have devoted to destruction.” 16 Then Samuel said to Saul, “Stop! I will tell you what the Lord said to me this night.” And he said to him, “Speak.”

17 And Samuel said, ^ak“Though you are little in your own eyes, are you not the head of the tribes of Israel? The Lord anointed you king over Israel. 18 And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’ 19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the Lord? ^alWhy did you pounce on the spoil and do what was evil in the sight of the Lord?” 20 And Saul said to Samuel, ^am“I have obeyed the voice of the Lord. I have gone on the mission on which the Lord sent me. I have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and I have devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 21 ^anBut the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the best of the things devoted to destruction, to sacrifice to the Lord your God in Gilgal.” 22 And Samuel said,

^ao“Has the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
as in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, ^apto obey is better than sacrifice,
and to listen than the fat of rams.
23 For rebellion is as the sin of divination,
and presumption is as iniquity and ^aqidolatry.
Because ^aryou have rejected the word of the Lord,
^ashe has also rejected you from being king.”
24 Saul said to Samuel, ^at“I have sinned, for I have transgressed the commandment of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice. 25 Now therefore, please pardon my sin and ^aureturn with me that I may bow before the Lord.” 26 And Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you. ^avFor you have rejected the word of the Lord, ^awand the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.” 27 ^axAs Samuel turned to go away, Saul seized the skirt of his robe, and it tore. 28 And Samuel said to him, ^ay“The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you this day and has given it to a neighbor of yours, who is better than you. 29 And also the Glory of Israel ^azwill not lie or have regret, for he is not a man, that he should have regret.” 30 Then he said, “I have sinned; yet ^bahonor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel, ^bband return with me, that I may bow before the Lord your God.” 31 So Samuel turned back after Saul, and Saul bowed before the Lord.

32 Then Samuel said, “Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites.” And Agag came to him cheerfully. ^{▼▼Or haltingly (compare Septuagint); the Hebrew is uncertain} Agag said, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.” 33 And Samuel said, ^bd“As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the Lord ^bein Gilgal.

34 Then Samuel went ^bfto Ramah, and Saul went up to his house in ^bgGibeah of Saul. 35 ^bhAnd Samuel did not see Saul again until the day of his death, ^bibut Samuel grieved over Saul. ^bjAnd the Lord regretted that he had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 27:8

8 Now David ^bkand his men went up and made raids against ^blthe Geshurites, ^bmthe Girzites, and ^bnthe Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, ^boas far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.