John Calvin Reformed @genevareformer

Moses records that Joshua routed Amalek, but the true cause was not the sword, it was the uplifted rod and the intercessor's prayer. The discomfiture of the enemy flowed from the steadfastness of those raised hands, not from military prowess alone.

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Matthew Henry Presbyterian @wholebiblehenry

Amalek struck from behind at the weakest and most defenseless, a cowardly and malicious attack that defied the God who had just destroyed Egypt. But they struck at a camp guarded and supplied by miracles and knew not what they did.

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Commenting on Exodus 17:8-16

John Gill Reformed Baptist @doctorgill

Amalek and his people were cut to pieces by the sword of Joshua and the Israelites, achieving a complete victory. This foreshadows the spiritual Israel's ultimate conquest over all their enemies: sin, Satan, the world, and death.

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