Exodus 17:8
Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
a. ASV: Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
b. YLT: And Amalek cometh, and fighteth with Israel in Rephidim,
c. Amplified Bible Classic: Then came Amalek [descendants of Esau] and fought with Israel at Rephidim.
d. Septuagint:And Amalec came and fought with Israel in Raphidin.
e. Stone Edition Torah/Prophets/Writings: Amalek came and battled Rephidim.
1. “Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.”
a. [Then] came [Strong: 935 bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, ×certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, ×doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way.]
b. Amalek [Strong: 6002 ʻĂmâlêq, am-aw-lake'; probably of foreign origin; Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country:—Amalek.]
1). Amalek was the grandson of Esau.
a). Genesis 36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esau's son; and she bare to Eliphaz Amalek: these were the sons of Adah Esau's wife.
2). Esau was himself, a type and foreshadow of the natural and carnal man of the earth.
a). Hebrews 12:16 Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright.
b). profane [Strong: 952 bebelos beb'-ay-los from the base of 939 and belos (a threshold); accessible (as by crossing the door-way), i.e. (by implication, of Jewish notions) heathenish, wicked:--profane (person).] [Zodhiates: unhallowed, that which lacks all relationship or affinity to God.]
c). Esau was destitute of faith, and despised the birthright because it was a spiritual thing.
c. [and] fought [Strong: 3898 lâcham, law-kham'; a primitive root; to feed on; figuratively, to consume; by implication, to battle (as destruction):—devour, eat, × ever, fight(-ing), overcome, prevail, (make) war(-ring).]
d. with [Strong: 5973 `im eem from 6004; adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English):--accompanying, against, and, as (X long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-)to, with(-al).]
e. Israel [Strong: 3478 Yisrâʼêl, yis-raw-ale'; from H8280 and H410; he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity:—Israel.]
f. [in] Rephidim [Strong: 7508 Rᵉphîydîym, ref-ee-deem'; plural of the masculine of the same as H7507; ballusters; Rephidim, a place in the Desert:—Rephidim.
1). Scofield Reference Bible: Amalek was the progenitor of the Amalekites, Israel’s persistent enemy is a type of the flesh of the believer.
a). In Numbers Balaam said this about Amelek.
(1) Numbers 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever.
(2) A marginal reading says, “the first of the nations that warred against Israel.”
(3) Chumash, Note about Numbers 24:20: “Amelek was the first to attack Israel.”
(4) After a person gets saved, the first thing we have to deal with is our flesh, our carnal nature.
(5) Our flesh, our carnal nature, like Amalek is the enemy of our soul (1 Peter 2:11).
2). Commentary about Amalek is spoken in Deuteronomy.
a). Deuteronomy 25:17-19 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
25:18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies roundabout, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.
b). Shown here (Deuteronomy 25:17-19 is one of the dangers of being in a state of weakness or weariness or remaining in that state. Not only will the weak and weary be overcome by the flesh, but trying to overcome the flesh in our own strength is sure to failure. The strength to overcome the flesh must come from the Lord.
(1) Isaiah 40:28-31 Hast thou not known? hast thou not heard, that the everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, fainteth not, neither is weary? there is no searching of his understanding.
40:29 He giveth power to the faint; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength.
40:30 Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
40:31 But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.
3). In Deuteronomy 25:18 we see how that Amalek who is a type of the flesh consumed those who brought up the rear, the stragglers, the faint and the WEARY. In Deuteronomy 25:19 God promises us rest in our inheritance. In Isaiah 40:28 it says that God is not faint, or “WEARY”. In Isaiah 40:30 it says that even the youths “shall faint and be WEARY, and the young men shall utterly fall”. In Isaiah 40:31 it says that they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall run and NOT BE WEARY and walk and not faint.
4). In 1 Corinthians 14:21 the Apostle Paul when giving instruction on the use of tongues in a church service quotes Isaiah 28:11, 12.
a). Isaiah 28:11, 12 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshing: yet they would not hear.
(1) rest (4496 * menuchah) Strongs: repose, peacefully, consolation, an abode—comfortable, ease, quiet, resting place. Gesenius: a condition of rest, a place of rest, hence a habitation.
(2) rest (second) (5117 * nuwach) Strongs: to rest, to settle down-to dwell, let alone, withdraw, give comfort, (cause to, be at,) rest. Gesenius: to set oneself down, to rest, to be at rest, from labor.
(3) weary (5889 * ayeph) Strongs: faint, thirsty, weary. Gesenius: one who is wearied out, either with a journey or with toil, and at the same time suffers from thirst.
(4) refreshing (4774 * margeah) rest, refreshing.
b). The prophet says in these verses that with a stammering lip and another tongue the LORD would speak to his people and that it would not only be a rest, it would cause the weary to rest and it would be a refreshing. Those are facts.
c). Is Paul saying that the Body of Christ as a whole would reject this gift? I believe he is. Kenneth E. Hagin writes in his book, Concerning Spiritual Gifts, “Tongues and interpretation [of tongues] are distinctive of this dispensation. We see all the other gifts of the Spirit in operation in the Old Testament, the word of wisdom, the word of knowledge, discerning of spirits, special faith, working of miracles, gifts of healings, and prophecy. In the ministry of Jesus we see all the gifts of the Spirit in operation except for tongues and interpretation [of tongues]. We do not see tongues and interpretation in operation in the ministry of Jesus. The gifts of speaking in tongues and interpretation [of tongues] are distinctive to this dispensation.” And I might add that 1 Corinthians 13 says that tongues along with some other gifts will end after Christ comes back. So the fact they are distinctive of this dispensation and the Isaiah prophecy that tongues would be given to the church during the church dispensation along with the words, “…and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord”, tells me the church would as a whole reject it. I want to merge what Isaiah says with what Paul writes about the benefits of praying in tongues.
d). 1 Corinthians 14:4 “He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself;”
(1) edifieth (3618 * oikodomeo) To build, construct, erect.
e). Jude 20 But ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.
(1) building (2026 * epoikodomeo) To build upon, to erect a super structure.
(2) The Greek words for “edifieth” and “building” are the same Greek word oikodomeo; except in the word for “building” it has the prefix epi-upon. As I pray in tongues I am building an abode where I can enter into and receive rest and refreshing.
5). Chumash Note under Deuteronomy 25:18: This phrase explains why Amalek is more despised than any of the many other nations that waged war against Israel. Had Amelek made a brave frontal attack like the others, defying both God and their intended human victims, the crime would not have been so heinous. But Amalek did fear people, that is why it chose to ambush the Jews who straggled at the rear of the nation, the people who were faint and exhausted, and least able to protect themselves. By doing so, Amalek showed special contempt for God.
a). The Spirit of Amalek, Paul R. Williams, M.D. Olive Tree Issue [Volume 8 Number 2, of Restore, a publication of Restoration Foundation, a Messianic Jewish publication. “The Amalekites always operated as terrorists, particularly in their attacks against Israel. The Amalekite strategy was one of terrorism, avoiding the heart of the Israelite military and attacking the weak and weary, the innocent and undefended. The spirit of Amalek is still manifest today in world terrorism, particularly that of the Muslim Arabs whose hatred for Israel and the Jewish people knows no bounds.”
(1) The spirit of Amelek is spreading to other ethnic groups who espouse Islam.
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