Person
Amalek draft
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16).
Family & connections
Line of descent
25 generations back to God, following the father where one is recorded.
Easton's Bible Dictionary
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.
In Scripture
22 verses in 9 books
- Genesis36:12, 16
- Exodus17:8–11, 13–14, 16
- Numbers24:20
- Deuteronomy25:17, 19
- Judges3:13; 5:14
- 1 Samuel15:2–3, 5, 20; 28:18
- 2 Samuel8:12
- 1 Chronicles1:36
- Psalms83:7
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