Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat. En Mishpat was also called Kadesh. They took over the whole territory of the Amalekites. They also won the battle against the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

他们回到安密巴，就是加低斯，杀败了亚玛力全地的人，以及住在哈洗逊他玛的亚摩利人。

他们转回，来到安‧密巴，就是加低斯，击败了亚玛力全地的人，以及住在哈洗逊‧他玛的亚摩利人。

他们转回，来到安‧密巴，就是加低斯，击败了亚玛力全地的人，以及住在哈洗逊‧他玛的亚摩利人。

然后，他们返回安·密巴，即加低斯，征服了亚玛力全境以及住在哈洗逊·他玛的亚摩利人。

然后转到安．密巴，就是加低斯，攻占了亚玛力人全部的领土，也击败了住在哈洗逊．他玛的亚摩利人。

然后他们返回，来到尹-密巴，就是加低斯，征服了亚玛力人的全境，击败了住在哈洗逊-塔玛的亚摩利人。

他們回到安‧密巴，就是加低斯，殺敗了亞瑪力全地的人，以及住在哈洗遜‧他瑪的亞摩利人。

他們轉回，來到安‧密巴，就是加低斯，擊敗了亞瑪力全地的人，以及住在哈洗遜‧他瑪的亞摩利人。

他們轉回，來到安‧密巴，就是加低斯，擊敗了亞瑪力全地的人，以及住在哈洗遜‧他瑪的亞摩利人。

然後，他們返回安·密巴，即加低斯，征服了亞瑪力全境以及住在哈洗遜·他瑪的亞摩利人。

然後轉到安．密巴，就是加低斯，攻佔了亞瑪力人全部的領土，也擊敗了住在哈洗遜．他瑪的亞摩利人。

然後轉到安密巴，就是加低斯，擊毁了亞瑪力人的各鄉間，又擊敗了住在哈洗遜他瑪的亞摩利人。

然後他們返回，來到恩米示帕，就是加低斯，征服了亞瑪力人的全境，擊敗了住在哈洗遜-塔瑪的亞摩利人。

四王歸至安密巴、即加低斯、擊亞瑪力之全境、及居哈洗遜他瑪之亞摩利族、

同盟列王、歸至安密八即迦鐵、擊亞馬勒地及哈洗遜大馬之亞摩哩人。

四王歸至安密巴、即加叠、擊亞瑪力族之徧地、又擊居哈洗遜他瑪之亞摩利族、

Then they turned back and went to En Mishpat( that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazezon Tamar.

Then they turned back and came to En-mishpat( that is, Kadesh) and defeated all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who were dwelling in Hazazon-tamar.

Then they turned back and came to En mishpat( now called Kadesh) and conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites living in Hazazon tamar.

Then they came back to invade En-mishpat( that is, Kadesh), and they defeated the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

Then they turned back and came to En mishpat( that is, Kadesh), and conquered all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, who lived in Hazazon tamar.

Then they turned back and came to En Mishpat( that is, Kadesh), and attacked all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites who dwelt in Hazezon Tamar.

And they returned, and came to En- mishpat( the same is Kadesh), and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazazon- tamar.

Then they came back to invade En-mishpat( that is, Kadesh), and they defeated all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which[ is] Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.

Then they attacked En Mishpat( that is, Kadesh) again, and they conquered all the territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who were living in Hazazon Tamar.

They returned, and came to En Mishpat( also called Kadesh), and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that lived in Hazazon Tamar.

Some people came and told him,“ A huge army is coming from Edom to fight against you. They have come across the Dead Sea. They are already in Hazezon Tamar.” Hazezon Tamar is also called En Gedi.

Abraham moved south into the Negev Desert. He lived between Kadesh and Shur. For a while he stayed in Gerar.

That’s why the well was named Beer Lahai Roi. It’s still there, between Kadesh and Bered.

Korah, Gatam and Amalek. They were the chiefs in Edom who were sons of Eliphaz. They were Adah’s grandsons.

The Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.Moses said to Joshua,“ Choose some of our men. Then go out and fight against the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on top of the hill. I’ll stand there holding the walking stick God gave me.”So Joshua fought against the Amalekites, just as Moses had ordered. Moses, Aaron and Hur went to the top of the hill.As long as Moses held up his hand, the Israelites were winning. But every time he lowered his hands, the Amalekites began to win.When Moses’ arms got tired, Aaron and Hur got a stone and put it under him. Then he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held up his hands. Aaron was on one side, and Hur was on the other. Moses’ hands remained steady until sunset.So Joshua destroyed the Amalekite army with swords.Then the Lord said to Moses,“ This is something to be remembered. So write it on a scroll. Make sure Joshua knows you have done it. I will completely erase the memory of the Amalekites from the earth.”Then Moses built an altar. He called it The Lord Is My Banner.He said,“ The Amalekites opposed the authority of the Lord. So the Lord will fight against the Amalekites for all time to come.”

The Amalekites and the Canaanites will meet you on the field of battle. You have turned away from the Lord. So he won’t be with you. And you will be killed by swords.”

In the first month the whole community of Israel arrived at the Desert of Zin. They stayed at Kadesh. Miriam died and was buried there.

David thought,“ Some day Saul will destroy me. So the best thing I can do is escape. I’ll go to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop looking for me everywhere in Israel. His hand won’t be able to reach me.”So David and his 600 men left Israel. They went to Achish, the king of Gath. He was the son of Maok.David and his men made their homes in Gath near Achish. Each of David’s men had his family with him. David had his two wives with him. They were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel. Abigail was Nabal’s widow.Saul was told that David had run away to Gath. So he didn’t look for David anymore.David said to Achish,“ If you are pleased with me, give me a place in one of your country towns. I can live there. I don’t really need to live near you in the royal city.”So on that day Achish gave David the town of Ziklag. It has belonged to the kings of Judah ever since that time.David lived in Philistine territory for a year and four months.Sometimes David and his men would go up and attack the Geshurites. At other times they would attack the Girzites or the Amalekites. All those people had lived in the land that reached all the way to Shur and Egypt. They had been there for a long time.When David would attack an area, he wouldn’t leave a man or woman alive. But he would take their sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels and clothes. Then he would return to Achish.Achish would ask,“ Who did you attack today?” David would answer,“ The people who live in the Negev Desert of Judah.” Or he would answer,“ The people in the Negev Desert of Jerahmeel.” Or he would answer,“ The people in the Negev Desert of the Kenites.”David wouldn’t leave a man or woman alive to be brought back to Gath. He thought,“ They might tell on us. They might tell Achish who we really attacked.” That’s what David did as long as he lived in Philistine territory.Achish trusted David. He thought,“ David’s own people, the Israelites, can’t stand him anymore. So he’ll be my servant for life.”

Then Balaam saw the Amalekites. He spoke the message he had received from God. He said,“ Amalek was the first nation to attack Israel. But their end will be total destruction.”

Samuel said to Saul,“ The Lord sent me to anoint you as king over his people Israel. So listen now to a message from him.The Lord who rules over all says,‘ I will punish the Amalekites because of what they did to Israel. As the Israelites came up from Egypt, the Amalekites attacked them.Now go. Attack the Amalekites. Completely destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare the Amalekites. Put the men and women to death. Put the children and babies to death. Also kill the cattle, sheep, camels and donkeys.’ ”So Saul brought his men together at Telaim. The total number was 200,000 soldiers on foot from Israel and 10,000 from Judah.Saul went to the city of Amalek. Then Saul had some of his men hide and wait in the valley.Then Saul said to the Kenites,“ You were kind to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt. Get away from the Amalekites. Then I won’t have to destroy you along with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.Saul attacked the Amalekites. He struck them down all the way from Havilah to Shur. Shur was near the eastern border of Egypt.Saul captured Agag, the king of the Amalekites. But he and his men totally destroyed with their swords all Agag’s people.So Saul and the army spared Agag. They spared the best of the sheep and cattle. They spared the fat calves and lambs. They spared everything that was valuable. They weren’t willing to completely destroy any of those things. But they totally destroyed everything that was worthless and weak.Then the Lord gave Samuel a message. He said,“ I am very sad I have made Saul king. He has turned away from me. He has not done what I directed him to do.” When Samuel heard that, he was angry. He cried out to the Lord during that whole night.Early the next morning Samuel got up. He went to see Saul. But Samuel was told,“ Saul went to Carmel. There he set up a monument in his own honor. Now he has gone on down to Gilgal.”When Samuel got there, Saul said,“ May the Lord bless you. I’ve done what he directed me to do.”But Samuel said,“ Then why do I hear the baaing of sheep? Why do I hear the mooing of cattle?”Saul answered,“ The soldiers brought them from the Amalekites. They spared the best of the sheep and cattle. They did it to sacrifice them to the Lord your God. But we totally destroyed everything else.”“ That’s enough!” Samuel said to Saul.“ Let me tell you what the Lord said to me last night.”“ Tell me,” Saul replied.Samuel said,“ There was a time when you didn’t think you were important. But you became the leader of the tribes of Israel. The Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.He sent you to do something for him. He said,‘ Go and completely destroy the Amalekites. Go and destroy those evil people. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’Why didn’t you obey the Lord? Why did you keep for yourselves what you had taken from your enemies? Why did you do what is evil in the sight of the Lord?”“ But I did obey the Lord,” Saul said.“ I went to do what he sent me to do. I completely destroyed the Amalekites. I brought back Agag, their king.The soldiers took sheep and cattle from what had been taken from our enemies. They took the best of what had been set apart to God. They wanted to sacrifice them to the Lord your God at Gilgal.”But Samuel replied,“ What pleases the Lord more? Burnt offerings and sacrifices, or obeying the Lord? It is better to obey than to offer a sacrifice. It is better to do what he says than to offer the fat of rams.Refusing to obey the Lord is as sinful as using evil magic. Being proud is as evil as worshiping statues of gods. You have refused to do what the Lord told you to do. So he has refused to have you as king.”Then Saul said to Samuel,“ I have sinned. I’ve broken the Lord’ s command. I haven’t done what you directed me to do. I was afraid of the men. So I did what they said I should do.Now I beg you, forgive my sin. Come back into town with me so I can worship the Lord.”But Samuel said to him,“ I won’t go back with you. You have refused to do what the Lord told you to do. So he has refused to have you as king over Israel!”Samuel turned to leave. But Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.Samuel said to Saul,“ The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel away from you today. He has given it to one of your neighbors. He has given it to someone better than you.The God who is the Glory of Israel does not lie. He doesn’t change his mind. That’s because he isn’t a mere human being. If he were, he might change his mind.”Saul replied,“ I have sinned. But please honor me in front of the elders of my people and in front of Israel. Come back with me so I can worship the Lord your God.”So Samuel went back with Saul. And Saul worshiped the Lord.Then Samuel said,“ Bring me Agag, the king of the Amalekites.” Agag was in chains when he came to Samuel. Agag thought,“ The time for me to be put to death must have passed by now.”But Samuel said,“ Your sword has killed the children of other women. So the child of your mother will be killed.” Samuel put Agag to death at Gilgal in front of the Lord.Then Samuel left to go to Ramah. But Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.Until the day Samuel died, he didn’t go to see Saul again. Samuel was filled with sorrow because of Saul. And the Lord was very sad he had made Saul king over Israel.

Then the Amalekites and the Canaanites who lived in that hill country came down. They attacked the Israelites. They won the battle over them. They chased the Israelites all the way to Hormah.

The Lord our God commanded us to start out from Mount Horeb. So we did. We went toward the hill country of the Amorites. We traveled all through the huge and terrible desert you saw. Finally, we reached Kadesh Barnea.

So you stayed in Kadesh for many years. You spent a long time in that area.

Esau’s son Eliphaz also had a concubine named Timna. She had Amalek by Eliphaz. They were grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi. The total number of towns was six. Some of them had villages near them.

The men came back to Moses, Aaron and the whole community of Israel. The people were at Kadesh in the Desert of Paran. There the men reported to Moses and Aaron and all the people. They showed them the fruit of the land.

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag. The Amalekites had attacked the people of the Negev Desert. They had also attacked Ziklag and burned it.They had captured the women and everyone else in Ziklag. They had taken as prisoners young people and old people alike. But they didn’t kill any of them. Instead, they carried them off as they went on their way.David and his men reached Ziklag. They saw that it had been destroyed by fire. They found out that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured.So David and his men began to weep out loud. They wept until they couldn’t weep anymore.David’s two wives had been captured. Their names were Ahinoam from Jezreel and Abigail from Carmel. Abigail was Nabal’s widow.David was greatly troubled. His men were even talking about killing him by throwing stones at him. All of them were very bitter because their sons and daughters had been taken away. But David was made strong by the Lord his God.Then David spoke to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelek. He said,“ Bring me the linen apron.” Abiathar brought it to him.David asked the Lord for advice. He said,“ Should I chase after the men who attacked Ziklag? If I do, will I catch up with them?”“ Chase after them,” the Lord answered.“ You will certainly catch up with them. You will succeed in saving those who were captured.”David and his 600 men came to the Besor Valley. Some of them stayed behind there.That’s because 200 of them were too tired to go across the valley. But David and the other 400 continued the chase.David’s men found an Egyptian in a field. They brought him to David. They gave him water to drink and food to eat.They gave him part of a cake of pressed figs. They also gave him two raisin cakes. After he ate them, he felt as good as new. That’s because he hadn’t eaten any food for three days and three nights. He hadn’t drunk any water during that time either.David asked him,“ Who do you belong to? Where do you come from?” The man said,“ I’m from Egypt. I’m the slave of an Amalekite. My master deserted me when I became ill three days ago.We attacked the people in the Negev Desert of the Kerethites. We attacked the territory that belongs to Judah. We attacked the people in the Negev Desert of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag.”David asked him,“ Can you lead me down to the men who attacked Ziklag?” He answered,“ Make a promise to me in the name of God. Promise that you won’t kill me. Promise that you won’t hand me over to my master. Then I’ll take you down to them.”He led David down to where the men were. They were scattered all over the countryside. They were eating and drinking and dancing wildly. That’s because they had taken a large amount of goods from those they had attacked. They had taken it from the land of the Philistines and from the people of Judah.David fought against them from sunset until the evening of the next day. None of them escaped except 400 young men. They rode off on camels and got away.David got everything back that the Amalekites had taken. That included his two wives.Nothing was missing. Not one young person or old person or boy or girl was missing. None of the goods or anything else the Amalekites had taken was missing. David brought everything back.He brought back all the flocks and herds. His men drove them on ahead of the other livestock. They said,“ Here’s what David has captured.”Then David came to the 200 men who had been too tired to follow him. They had been left behind in the Besor Valley. They came out to welcome David and the men with him. As David and his men approached, he asked them how they were.But some of the men who had gone out with David were evil. They wanted to stir up trouble. They said,“ The 200 men didn’t go out into battle with us. So we won’t share with them the goods we brought back. But each man can take his wife and children and go home.”David replied,“ No, my friends. You must not hold back their share of what the Lord has given us. He has kept us safe. He has handed over to us the men who attacked us.So no one will pay any attention to what you are saying. Each man who stayed with the supplies will receive the same share as each man who went down to the battle. Everyone’s share will be the same.”David made that a law and a rule for Israel. It has been followed from that day until now.David reached Ziklag. He sent some of the goods to the elders of Judah. They were his friends. He said,“ Here’s a gift for you. It’s part of the things we took from the Lord’ s enemies.”David sent some goods to the elders in Bethel, Ramoth Negev and Jattir.He sent some to the elders in Aroer, Siphmoth, Eshtemoaand Rakal. He sent some to the elders in the towns of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites.He sent some to the elders in Hormah, Bor Ashan, Athakand Hebron. He also sent some to the elders in all the other places where he and his men had wandered around.