Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amalek' occurs 24 times in the standard works.

10 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amalek' in the standard works and contain 41.7% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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Ex. 17:8-11 (4 in 4 verses)

Num. 24:20 (2 in 1 verse)


Ex. 17:13-14 (2 in 2 verses)

 17:13 And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

 17:14 And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.




1 Sam. 15:2-3 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 27 51
Gen. 2 1 3
Ex. 7 0 7
Num. 2 4 6
Deut. 2 0 2
Judg. 2 5 7
1 Sam. 5 13 18
2 Sam. 1 3 4
1 Chr. 2 1 3
Ps. 1 0 1
NT 0 0 0
BM 0 25 25
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 24 52 76

Ex. 17:8
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Ex. 17:9
And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

Ex. 17:10
So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Ex. 17:11
And it came to pass, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

Ex. 17:13
And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

Ex. 17:14
And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

Ex. 17:16
For he said, Because the Lord hath sworn that the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.