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Exodus 17:8
Exodus 17:8
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Exodus 17 — OverviewExodus 17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTwo passages of story are recorded in this chapter, I. The watering of
the host of Israel. 1. In the wilderness they wanted water, ver. 1. 2.
In their want they chided Moses, ver. 2, 3. 3. Moses cried to God, ver.…Exodus 17 — OverviewExodus 17 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeExodus 17:1, The people murmur for water at Rephidim; Exodus 17:6, God sends them for water to the rock in Horeb; Exodus 17:7, The place is called Massah and Meribah; Exodus 17:8, Amalek is overcome by Joshua, while…Exodus 17 — OverviewExodus 17 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleThe children of Israel coming to Rephidim, want water, and chide with Moses about it, who, crying to the Lord, is bid to smite the rock, from whence came water for them, and he named the place from their contention with…Exodus 17:8-16Exodus 17:8-16 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleWe have here the story of the war with Amalek, which, we may suppose,
was the first that was recorded in the book of the wars of the Lord,
Num. xxi. 14. Amalek was the first of the nations that Israel fought…Exodus 17:8Exodus 17:8 · The Pulpit CommentaryThen came Amalek. The bulk of the Amalekites would have been passing the spring in the lower plains, where herbage is abundant after the early rains, while later in the year it dries up. They would hear of the…Exodus 17:8-13Exodus 17:8-13 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe uselessness of fighting against God.
Amalek was "the first of the nations" in audacity, in venturesomeness, perhaps in military qualities, but scarcely in prudence or longsightedness. Amalek must precipitate its…
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