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New Living Translation

Exodus 17:13

As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Amalekites;   Intercession;   Israel;   Joshua;   Miracles;   Prayer;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Amalekites, the;   Armies;   Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Miracles Wrought through Servants of God;   Prayer, Answers to;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Amalekites;   Joshua;   Miracle;   Rephidim;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Amalekites;   Baal;   Joshua the son of nun;   Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Joshua, Theology of;   War, Holy War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Amalekite;   Joshua;   Prayer;   Rephidim;   Sinai;   Wars of the Lord, the Book of the;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Aaron;   Amalekites;   Purim;   War;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amalekite;   Exodus, Book of;   Joshua;   Moses;   Mount Sinai;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Amalek, Amalekites;   Joshua;   Massah and Meribah;   Moses;   Zin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Amalek, Amalekites ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ensign;   Mordecai;   Mount amalek;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Journeyings of israel from egypt to canaan;   Rephidim;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Am'alekites,;   Pu'rim;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Agag;   Rephidim;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - On to Sinai;   On to Canaan;   Moses, the Man of God;   Hebrew Monarchy, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Amalek;   Intercession;   Moses;   Purim;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Army;   Joshua (Jehoshua);   Noá¹­ariḳon;   Purim;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Yehoshua defeated `Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
King James Version
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Lexham English Bible
And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
New Century Version
So Joshua defeated the Amalekites in this battle.
New English Translation
So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his army with the sword.
Amplified Bible
So Joshua overwhelmed and defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
New American Standard Bible
And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Legacy Standard Bible
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Contemporary English Version
That's how Joshua defeated the Amalekites.
Complete Jewish Bible
Thus Y'hoshua defeated ‘Amalek, putting their people to the sword.
Darby Translation
And Joshua broke the power of Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Easy-to-Read Version
So Joshua and his men defeated the Amalekites in this battle.
English Standard Version
And Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the sword.
George Lamsa Translation
And Joshua defeated Amalek with the edge of the sword.
Good News Translation
In this way Joshua totally defeated the Amalekites.
Christian Standard Bible®
So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
Literal Translation
And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Iosua discomfited Amalek, & his people thorow the edge of the swerde.
American Standard Version
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Bible in Basic English
And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Iosua discomforted Amelec and his people with the edge of the sworde.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
King James Version (1611)
And Ioshua discomfited Amalek, and his people, with the edge of the sword.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Joshua routed Amalec and all his people with the slaughter of the sword.
English Revised Version
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Berean Standard Bible
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Josue droof a wey Amalech and his puple, in `the mouth of swerd, that is, bi the scharpnesse of the swerd.
Young's Literal Translation
and Joshua weakeneth Amalek and his people by the mouth of the sword.
Update Bible Version
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
Webster's Bible Translation
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
World English Bible
Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
New King James Version
So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
New Life Bible
So Joshua destroyed Amalek and his people with the sword.
New Revised Standard
And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the sword.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So Joshua overthrew Amalek and his people, with the edge of the sword.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Josue put Amalec and his people to flight, by the edge of the sword.
Revised Standard Version
And Joshua mowed down Am'alek and his people with the edge of the sword.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Contextual Overview

8 While the people of Israel were still at Rephidim, the warriors of Amalek attacked them. 9 Moses commanded Joshua, "Choose some men to go out and fight the army of Amalek for us. Tomorrow, I will stand at the top of the hill, holding the staff of God in my hand." 10 So Joshua did what Moses had commanded and fought the army of Amalek. Meanwhile, Moses, Aaron, and Hur climbed to the top of a nearby hill. 11 As long as Moses held up the staff in his hand, the Israelites had the advantage. But whenever he dropped his hand, the Amalekites gained the advantage. 12 Moses' arms soon became so tired he could no longer hold them up. So Aaron and Hur found a stone for him to sit on. Then they stood on each side of Moses, holding up his hands. So his hands held steady until sunset. 13 As a result, Joshua overwhelmed the army of Amalek in battle. 14 After the victory, the Lord instructed Moses, "Write this down on a scroll as a permanent reminder, and read it aloud to Joshua: I will erase the memory of Amalek from under heaven." 15 Moses built an altar there and named it Yahweh-Nissi (which means "the Lord is my banner"). 16 He said, "They have raised their fist against the Lord 's throne, so now the Lord will be at war with Amalek generation after generation."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Joshua 10:28, Joshua 10:32, Joshua 10:37, Joshua 10:42, Joshua 11:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 17:9 - unto Joshua

Cross-References

Genesis 14:14
When Abram heard that his nephew Lot had been captured, he mobilized the 318 trained men who had been born into his household. Then he pursued Kedorlaomer's army until he caught up with them at Dan.
Genesis 15:3
You have given me no descendants of my own, so one of my servants will be my heir."
Genesis 37:27
Instead of hurting him, let's sell him to those Ishmaelite traders. After all, he is our brother—our own flesh and blood!" And his brothers agreed.
Genesis 37:36
Meanwhile, the Midianite traders arrived in Egypt, where they sold Joseph to Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Potiphar was captain of the palace guard.
Genesis 39:1
When Joseph was taken to Egypt by the Ishmaelite traders, he was purchased by Potiphar, an Egyptian officer. Potiphar was captain of the guard for Pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
Exodus 12:44
But any slave who has been purchased may eat it if he has been circumcised.
Exodus 21:2
"If you buy a Hebrew slave, he may serve for no more than six years. Set him free in the seventh year, and he will owe you nothing for his freedom.
Exodus 21:4
"If his master gave him a wife while he was a slave and they had sons or daughters, then only the man will be free in the seventh year, but his wife and children will still belong to his master.
Exodus 21:16
"Kidnappers must be put to death, whether they are caught in possession of their victims or have already sold them as slaves.
Nehemiah 5:5
We belong to the same family as those who are wealthy, and our children are just like theirs. Yet we must sell our children into slavery just to get enough money to live. We have already sold some of our daughters, and we are helpless to do anything about it, for our fields and vineyards are already mortgaged to others."

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. Amalek being distinguished from "his people", has led some to think that Amalek was the name of the king, or general of the army, and that it was a common name to the kings of that nation, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt; but for this there is no foundation in the Scriptures: as Amelek signifies the Amalekites, his people may design the confederates and auxiliaries, the other people, as Ben Gersom expresses it, they brought with them to fight against Israel. And so Jerom z says, by him another Canaanite dwelt, who also fought against Israel in the wilderness, of whom it is so written, and Amalek and the Canaanite dwelt in the valley, Numbers 14:25 and who were all, the one as the other, at least the greatest part of them, cut to pieces by the edge of the sword of Joshua and the Israelites, who obtained a complete victory over them; as the spiritual Israel of God will at last over all their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, the world, and death.

z Ut supra. (De Locis Hebr. fol. 87. M.)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

With the edge of the sword - This expression always denotes a great slaughter of the enemy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 17:13. Joshua discomfited Amalek and his peopleAmalek might have been the name of the ruler of this people continued down from their ancestor, (Exodus 17:8; Exodus 17:8,) as Pharaoh was the name of all succeeding kings in Egypt. If this were the case, then Amalek and his people mean the prince and the army that fought under him. But if Amalek stand here for the Amalekites, then his people must mean the confederates he had employed on this occasion.


 
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