Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'amalekites' occurs 42 times in the standard works.

14 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'amalekites' in the standard works and contain 33.3% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 5 minutes to read the entire list.

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1 Sam. 15:6-8 (4 in 3 verses)

 15:6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

 15:7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

 15:8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.





Alma 21:2-4 (4 in 3 verses)

 21:2 Now the Lamanites and the Amalekites and the people of Amulon had built a great city, which was called Jerusalem.

 21:3 Now the Lamanites of themselves were sufficiently hardened, but the Amalekites and the Amulonites were still harder; therefore they did cause the Lamanites that they should harden their hearts, that they should wax strong in wickedness and their abominations.

 21:4 And it came to pass that Aaron came to the city of Jerusalem, and first began to preach to the Amalekites. And he began to preach to them in their synagogues, for they had built synagogues after the order of the Nehors; for many of the Amalekites and the Amulonites were after the order of the Nehors.





Alma 24:1 (2 in 1 verse)

 24:1 And it came to pass that the Amalekites and the Amulonites and the Lamanites who were in the land of Amulon, and also in the land of Helam, and who were in the land of Jerusalem, and in fine, in all the land round about, who had not been converted and had not taken upon them the name of Anti-Nephi-Lehi, were stirred up by the Amalekites and by the Amulonites to anger against their brethren.





Alma 43:6 (2 in 1 verse)

 43:6 And now, as the Amalekites were of a more wicked and murderous disposition than the Lamanites were, in and of themselves, therefore, Zerahemnah appointed chief captains over the Lamanites, and they were all Amalekites and Zoramites.





Alma 24:28-29 (2 in 2 verses)

 24:28 Now the greatest number of those of the Lamanites who slew so many of their brethren were Amalekites and Amulonites, the greatest number of whom were after the order of the Nehors.

 24:29 Now, among those who joined the people of the Lord, there were none who were Amalekites or Amulonites, or who were of the order of Nehor, but they were actual descendants of Laman and Lemuel.




Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 24 0 24
NT 0 0 0
BM 18 0 18
DC 0 0 0
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 42 0 42

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