Then Amalekcameand foughtagainstIsraelat Rephidim.
"Thussaysthe LORDof hosts,I will punishAmalek[for] whathe didto Israel,howhe sethimself against him on the waywhile he was comingup from Egypt.
Timnawas a concubineof Esau'ssonEliphazand she boreAmalekto Eliphaz.Theseare the sonsof Esau'swifeAdah.
Then it happenedwhen Davidand his mencameto Ziklagon the thirdday,that the Amalekiteshad madea raidon the Negevand on Ziklag,and had overthrownZiklagand burnedit with fire;
And he lookedat Amalekand tookup his discourseand said,"Amalekwas the firstof the nations,But his end[shall be] destruction."
Gebaland Ammonand Amalek,Philistiawith the inhabitantsof Tyre;
chiefKorah,chiefGatam,chiefAmalek.Theseare the chiefsdescended from Eliphazin the landof Edom;theseare the sonsof Adah.
Then allthe congregationof the sonsof Israeljourneyedby stagesfrom the wildernessof Sin,accordingto the commandof the LORD,and campedat Rephidim,and therewas nowaterfor the peopleto drink.
Now Davidand his menwentup and raidedthe Geshuritesand the Girzitesand the Amalekites;for they were the inhabitantsof the landfrom ancienttimes,as you cometo Shureven as faras the landof Egypt.
Then they turnedbackand cameto En-mishpat(that is, Kadesh),and conqueredallthe countryof the Amalekites,and alsothe Amorites,who livedin Hazazon-tamar.
"Amalekis livingin the landof the Negevand the Hittitesand the Jebusitesand the Amoritesare livingin the hillcountry,and the Canaanitesare livingby the seaand by the sideof the Jordan."
For it was whenIsraelhad sown,that the Midianiteswould comeup with the Amalekitesand the sonsof the eastand goagainstthem.
He actedvaliantlyand defeatedthe Amalekites,and deliveredIsraelfrom the handsof those who plunderedthem.