Esodo 17:13

13 E Giosuè ruppe gli Amalechiti, e la lor gente, e li mise a fil di spada.

Esodo 17:13 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 17:13

And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of
the sword.
] Amalek being distinguished from "his people", has led some to think that Amalek was the name of the king, or general of the army, and that it was a common name to the kings of that nation, as Pharaoh was to the kings of Egypt; but for this there is no foundation in the Scriptures: as Amelek signifies the Amalekites, his people may design the confederates and auxiliaries, the other people, as Ben Gersom expresses it, they brought with them to fight against Israel. And so Jerom ^F26 says, by him another Canaanite dwelt, who also fought against Israel in the wilderness, of whom it is so written, and Amalek and the Canaanite dwelt in the valley, ( Numbers 14:25 ) and who were all, the one as the other, at least the greatest part of them, cut to pieces by the edge of the sword of Joshua and the Israelites, who obtained a complete victory over them; as the spiritual Israel of God will at last over all their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, the world, and death.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 Ut supra. (De Locis Hebr. fol. 87. M.)

Esodo 17:13 In-Context

11 Or avvenne, che quando Mosè alzava la sua mano, gl’Israeliti vincevano; ma, quando egli la posava, gli Amalechiti vincevano.

12 Or essendo le mani di Mosè pesanti, Aaronne, ed Hur, presero una pietra, e la misero sotto lui, ed egli vi si pose sopra a sedere; ed Aaronne, e Hur, gli sostenevano le mani, l’un di qua, e l’altro di là; e così le sue mani furono ferme fino al tramontar del sole.

13 E Giosuè ruppe gli Amalechiti, e la lor gente, e li mise a fil di spada.

14 E il Signore disse a Mosè: Scrivi questa cosa per ricordanza, nel libro; e metti nell’orecchie di Giosuè che io del tutto spegnerò la memoria di Amalec di sotto al cielo.

15 E Mosè edificò un altare, al quale pose nome: Il Signore è la mia bandiera.