The Amalekites

Hello:

In our text today, we are studying the story of the destruction of the Amalekites.   The Amalekites were the group that came and attacked the children of Israel when they were in the wilderness.   The bible teaches that Moses commanded Joshua to lead the fight against the Amalekites.   Moses went up on the top of the hill and as long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning.   Moses grew tired and Aaron and Hur  got a stone for  him to sit on and they held his hands up so that his hands remained steady and the Israelites won against the Amalekites that day.   The Lord told Moses to write on a scroll that God was going to completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven. 

Well, today in our text, God gives Saul specific instructions concerning the destruction of the Amalekites and let’s see what happens:

Here is our text:

I Samuel 15: 1 Samuel said to Saul, “I am the one the Lord sent to anoint you king over his people Israel; so listen now to the message from the Lord. 2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally destroy everything that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” 4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim–two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men from Judah. 5 Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. 6 Then he said to the Kenites, “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, to the east of Egypt. 8 He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs–everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.

Tomorrow, we will deal with what happens when Samuel sees what Saul has done in his dealing with the Amalekites.

Stay encouraged and don’t forget to pray and read God’s word daily.

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