Éxodo 17:13

13 Como resultado, Josué aplastó al ejército de Amalec en la batalla.

Éxodo 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.)

Éxodo 17:13 In-Context

11 Mientras Moisés sostenía en alto la vara en su mano, los israelitas vencían; pero, cuando él bajaba la mano, dominaban los amalecitas.

12 Pronto se le cansaron tanto los brazos que ya no podía sostenerlos en alto. Así que Aarón y Hur le pusieron una piedra a Moisés para que se sentara. Luego se pararon a cada lado de Moisés y le sostuvieron las manos en alto. Así sus manos se mantuvieron firmes hasta la puesta del sol.

13 Como resultado, Josué aplastó al ejército de Amalec en la batalla.

14 Después de la victoria, el Señor
dio a Moisés las siguientes instrucciones: «Escribe esto en un rollo para que sea un recuerdo perpetuo, y léelo en voz alta a Josué: “Yo borraré por completo la memoria de Amalec de debajo del cielo”».

15 Entonces Moisés edificó un altar en ese lugar y lo llamó Yahveh-nisi (que significa «el Señor
es mi estandarte»).