People of the Bible
Amalek
Family
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.
From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.
Named in 22 verses
- Genesis
- 36:12, 36:16
- Exodus
- 17:8, 17:9, 17:10, 17:11, 17:13, 17:14, 17:16
- Numbers
- 24:20
- Deuteronomy
- 25:17, 25:19
- Judges
- 3:13, 5:14
- 1 Samuel
- 15:2, 15:3, 15:5, 15:20, 28:18
- 2 Samuel
- 8:12
- 1 Chronicles
- 1:36
- Psalms
- 83:7
The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.