Obedience Is Better Than Sacrifice

Esau Eliphaz Amalek

Malachi 1:2 I haue loued you, sayth the Lord: yet yee say, Wherein hast thou loued vs? Was not Esau Iaakobs brother, saith the Lord? yet I loued Iaakob,
1:3 And I hated Esau, and made his mountaines wast, and his heritage a wildernes for dragons.

Romans 9:13 As it is written, I haue loued Iacob, and haue hated Esau.
9:14 What shall wee say then? Is there vnrighteousnes with God? God forbid.
9:15 For he saith to Moses, I wil haue mercy on him, to whom I wil shew mercie: and wil haue compassion on him, on who I wil haue copassion.

Genesis 25:29 Nowe Iaakob sod pottage, and Esau came from the fielde and was wearie.
25:30 Then Esau sayd to Iaakob, Let me eate, I pray thee, of that pottage so red, for I am wearie. Therefore was his name called Edom.
25:31 And Iaakob sayd, Sell me euen nowe thy birthright.
25:32 And Esau sayd, Lo, I am almost dead, what is then this birthright to me?
25:33 Iaakob then said, Sweare to me euen now. And he sware to him, and solde his birthright vnto Iaakob.
25:34 Then Iaakob gaue Esau bread and pottage of lentiles: and he did eate and drinke, and rose vp, and went his way: So Esau contemned his birthright.

Esau sold his birthright for a temporary fix to soothe hunger pains…then Jacob tricks his father to get the blessing of the firstborn by the urging of his mother. When Esau finds out he is furious and begs his father to bless him to.

Genesis 27:37 Then Izhak answered, and sayd vnto Esau, Beholde, I haue made him thy lorde, and all his brethre haue I made his seruants: also with wheate and wine haue I furnished him, and vnto thee now what shall I doe, my sonne?
27:38 Then Esau sayde vnto his father, Hast thou but one blessing my father? blesse mee, euen me also, my father: and Esau lifted vp his voyce, and wept.
27:39 Then Izhak his father answered, and sayde vnto him, Behold, the fatnesse of the earth shall be thy dwelling place, and thou shalt haue of the dewe of heauen from aboue.
27:40 And by thy sword shalt thou liue, and shalt be thy brothers seruant. But it shall come to passe, when thou shalt get the masterie, that thou shalt breake his yoke from thy necke.
27:41 Therefore Esau hated Iaakob, because of the blessing, wherewith his father blessed him. And Esau thought in his minde, The dayes of mourning for my father will come shortly, then I will slay may brother Iaakob.

Genesis 36:1 Nowe these are the generations of Esau, which is Edom.
36:2 Esau tooke his wiues of the daughters of Canaan: Adah the daughter of Elon an Hittite, and Aholibamah the daughter of Anah, the daughter of Zibeon an Hiuite,
36:3 And tooke Basemath Ishmaels daughter, sister of Nebaioth.
36:4 And Adah bare vnto Esau, Eliphaz: and Basemath bare Reuel.
36:5 Also Aholibamah bare Ieush, and Iaalam, and Korah: these are the sonnes of Esau which were borne to him in the land of Canaan.
36:6 So Esau tooke his wiues and his sonnes, and his daughters, and all the soules of his house, and his flocks, and all his cattell, and all his substance, which he had gotten in the land of Canaan, and went into an other countrey from his brother Iaakob.
36:7 For their riches were so great, that they could not dwell together, and the lande, wherein they were strangers, coulde not receiue them because of their flockes.
36:8 Therefore dwelt Esau in mount Seir: this Esau is Edom.
36:9 So these are the generations of Esau father of Edom in mount Seir.
36:10 These are the names of Esaus sonnes: Eliphaz, the sonne of Adah, the wife of Esau, and Reuel the sonne of Bashemath, the wife of Esau.
36:11 And the sonnes of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, and Gatam, and Kenaz.
36:12 And Timna was concubine to Eliphaz Esaus sonne, and bare vnto Eliphaz, Amalek: these be the sonnes of Adah Esaus wife.

On Some translations it says Duke in dome it says Chief meaning the same thing which is they were the leaders of their tribes.

Genesis 36:15 These were Dukes of the sonnes of Esau: the sonnes of Eliphaz, the first borne of Esau: Duke Teman, Duke Omar, Duke Zepho, Duke Kenaz,
36:16 Duke Korah, Duke Gatam, Duke Amalek: these are the Dukes that came of Eliphaz in the land of Edom: these were the sonnes of Adah.

Lotan was the Duke of the Horites, who was also the brother of Timna the mother of Amalek. Timna was not in the lineage of Esau at all. With Esau’s son Eliphaz having Timna as a concubine and having a son was the mingling of different bloodlines. Abrahams and Horites.

Genesis 36:20 These are the sonnes of Seir the Horite, which inhabited the lande before, Lotan, and Shobal, and Zibeon, and Anah.
36:21 And Dishon, and Ezer, and Dishan: these are the Dukes of the Horites, the sonnes of Seir in the land of Edom.
36:22 And the sonnes of Lotan were, Hori and Hemam, and Lotans sister was Timna.

So Amalek was the son of Eliphaz, grandson of Esau, great grandson of Issac, and great great grandson of Abraham. Is that important? I believe it is very important, considering God said, Jacob I have loved and Esau I have hated. God even considered Almalek His enemy and told Moses that He, God, would bring Amalek to utter destruction. Let’s keep searching on why.

First off, we need to understand how a bloodline works. The bloodline comes through the seed of the male, it does not come through the mother. Yes, genetics comes from both but the mother’s blood NEVER mixes with the unborn child’s blood. Read a scientific explanation below, it is a long read but something thst is extremely important, because once you understand how the blood works you will understand why Jesus had to be born of a virgin in order to have pure innocent blood pumping throigh His veins, and why all of us are born sinners because of Adam’s tainted blood. As it is written, Acts 17:26 And hath made of one blood all mankinde, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned the seasons which were ordeined before, and the boundes of their habitation. It is the males that Nations, Tribes, and People come.
“A mother’s and baby’s blood generally don’t mix directly during pregnancy, thanks to the placenta acting as a barrier, but small amounts of fetal cells can enter the mother’s bloodstream, potentially causing an immune reaction if their blood types (especially Rh factor) are incompatible, leading to problems like Hemolytic Disease of the Newborn (HDN), which doctors prevent with treatments like RhoGAM.
How the Placenta Works
Separation: The placenta is the vital organ that connects the baby to the mother’s uterus, allowing for the exchange of oxygen, nutrients, and waste, but keeping their blood supplies separate, like two different streams divided by a membrane.
Exchange: Nutrients and oxygen flow from the mother’s blood to the baby’s blood, while waste products flow from the baby to the mother’s blood for disposal, all without direct mingling.
When Incompatibility Becomes a Problem
Rh Incompatibility: This is a key issue where a Rh-negative mother carries an Rh-positive baby (inherited from the father).
Immune Response: If fetal red blood cells enter the mother’s circulation (which can happen, especially in later pregnancies or after complications like miscarriage), her body sees the Rh protein as foreign and creates antibodies.
Risk in Later Pregnancies: These antibodies can cross back to the baby in a subsequent pregnancy, attacking and destroying the baby’s red blood cells, causing anemia and jaundice (HDN).
An expectant mother’s role is foundational, providing the life-support system (placenta) for oxygen/nutrients, influencing the baby’s developing microbiome and immune system through her diet/bacteria, impacting epigenetics (gene expression), and shaping the baby’s early personality/psychology through her own emotions, stress, and environment, creating a dynamic mother-fetus connection that affects long-term health and development.
Physical & Biological Support
Placenta: The placenta, formed from the mother, acts as the baby’s lungs, kidneys, and digestive system, delivering oxygen and nutrients while removing waste.
Nutrition: The mother’s diet directly provides the building blocks for the baby’s growth, with deficiencies impacting development.
Microbiome: Maternal gut and vaginal bacteria transfer to the baby, influencing their immune system and long-term health.
Environmental & Epigenetic Influence
Stress & Emotions: Maternal stress, thoughts, and feelings can influence the baby’s developing personality and stress responses.
Epigenetics: Maternal lifestyle (diet, exercise) can alter DNA methylation in the placenta, potentially affecting gene expression and health outcomes for the child.
Environmental Factors: Exposure to substances like alcohol, drugs, smoke, and pathogens significantly impacts fetal development.
Psychological & Developmental Shaping
Early Personality: Maternal experiences during pregnancy are believed to lay groundwork for the child’s drives, ambitions, and personality traits.
Mother-Fetus Connection: It’s a two-way street, with the baby’s physiological and psychological states also influencing the mother.
In essence, the mother provides the entire world for the developing baby, affecting everything from basic nutrition to complex neural and emotional pathways, making prenatal health crucial”
So Timna brought two different people groups together the Horites and the existing Edomite people.
Through her the genetics/DNA were mixed, but remember the mother’s blood NEVER mixes with the unborn child. The blood comes through the seed/sperm the male.
Amalek did not stay with the others who were called Edomites. He did not stay in Edom either, he branched off and his descendants were called Alamekites and not Edomites.

In Numbers we find out the location the Amalekites lived.

Numbers 13:28 And they tolde him, and saide, We came vnto the land whither thou hast sent vs, and surely it floweth with milke and honie: and here is of the fruite of it.
13:29 Neuerthelesse the people be strong that dwell in the land, and the cities are walled and exceeding great: and moreouer, we sawe the sonnes of Anak there.
13:30 The Amalekites dwell in the South countrey, and the Hittites, and the Iebusites, and the Amorites dwell in the mountaines, and the Canaanites dwell by the sea, and by the coast of Iorden.
The Hitties, Jebusites, Amorites dwelled in the mountains and Caannites dwell by the sea and by the coast of Jordon. The Amalikites sat on the important trades routes those from Asia or Eygpt had to pass through it. They could not rely on crops there because of lack of water and poor soil conditions, so they would move their herds and flocks wherever seasonal rain was. They lived in tents rather than houses because they were always moving they were nomads, what we would call like a drifter or gypsies.
By them living as they did and moving in order to survive, that would make them a serious foe, because they could survive the cold and the heat, they knew the territory very well which gave them the upper hand when people needed to go through it.
They lived as tribes and as Edom had Dukes, so did they, Amalek was mentioned as a Duke in Genesis 36:16.
Later as time went on, they did have kings but the Dukes were still there and were important for the strength and order of the tribe because the Dukes fought along side the others, they were not a stationary kingdom, they were always moving where the weather was suitable for livestock and planting.

1 Samuel 15:7

If we read Genesis 14:7, without searching and studying intently, we may think that Abraham had conflicts with Amalek and the Amalekites before Amalek was even born! But that is not so, we must remember the Holy Spirit inspired Moses to write the first 5 books, he was not alive during the Creation, the fall, or even during Abrahams lifetime. What is called anacronism, and it means, the action of attributing something to a period to which it does not belong.

The way I understand it is from the Gospel of John, where John writes in. Ch. 6:70 Iesus answered them, Haue not I chosen you twelue, and one of you is a deuill?
6:71 Now he spake it of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon: for hee it was that shoulde betraie him, though he was one of the twelue.

John wrote anout the betrayal out of chronological order but people would immediately know who he was talking about because it was after the fact. Just like Moses, when he wrote about Abraham and the territories at war. He said the country of the Amalekites not the Amalekites themselves because they did not exist yet, so by saying the country of it that would give the hearers amuch better understanding of the location he was talking about.

Genesis 14:1 And in the dayes of Amraphel King of Shinar, Arioch King of Ellasar, Chedor-laomer King of Elam, and Tidal king of the nations:
14:2 These men made warre with Bera King of Sodom, and with Birsha King of Gomorah, Shinab King of Admah, and Shemeber King of Zeboiim, and the King of Bela, which is Zoar.
14:3 All these ioyned together in the vale of Siddim, which is the salt Sea.
14:4 Twelue yeere were they subiect to Chedor-laomer, but in the thirteenth yeere they rebelled.
14:5 And in the fourteenth yeere came Chedor-laomer, and the Kings that were with him, and smote the Rephaims in Ashteroth Karnaim, and the Zuzims in Ham, and the Emims in Shaueh Kiriathaim,
14:6 And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto the plaine of Paran, which is by the wildernesse.
14:7 And they returned and came to En-mishpat, which is Kadesh, and SMOTE ALL THE COUNTREYS OF THE AMALEKITES, and also the Amorites that dwelled in Hazezon-tamar.

When Moses was writing about Abraham and the people he had to encounter in the southern desert region he simply called it the the country of the Amalekites and they would immediately understand. It just takes us a while to understand, lol but think about this, that land in the southern desert region was already a covet place it was a place desired even before the Amalekites took it.

Now read Numbers 24:20 And when he looked on Amalek, he vttered his parable, and sayd, Amalek was the first of the nations: but his latter ende shall come to destruction.

When Baalam prophesied about the Amalekites, he described them as the first among the nations, which points to them as being the first enemy of Israel after leaving Eygpt. Baalam also states clearly his latter end will be destruction, which God tells Mosrs the same thing as well as tells Moses to tell the Israelites and to ALWAYS REMEMBER IT AND NEVER FORGET IT! The Holy Scriptures show Amalekites were significant in the history of Israel and let’s not forget who Israel was/is, Jacob is the twin brother of Esau.

So really when the writers of the Old Testament would use the name Amalekites, those hearing understood the region or the people being referred to even before he was born in the writings.
With the Amalekites living in the desert made them tough as well as aggressive towards others, and they had no pity or compassion on those who were not their own. They were very wicked.

Unlike other ancient people there are no monuments, buildings, art nothing like that from the Amalekites, pretty much what we know of them comes from within the Holy Scriptures. They were nomads living in tents moving to a different area when it was time of rain. They were not wealthy with precious stones or metals but they were wealthy in livestock and things they stole from others, which were things of necessities not luxuries. Their victims were those having to cross their territory in order to continue to their destination. They did not worship the God of Abraham at all but they had of have known about Him, because other children of Esau did, but instead they pretty much worshipped war, as they were warriors, had courage, great strength and cunning. They were ruthless and did not care who they attacked, they had no morals or compassion on others. The Scriptures are silent on any kind of worshipping of gods when it comes to Amalekites. I wonder if they worshipped the “god of forces” as Daniel stated the little horn would do? I do not know just a thought that came to me. Imagine how vast of a people they were there in the southern region when Israel left Eygpt? They had to be vast in numbers.
The children of Israel were pretty much herdsmen and hard laborers, they were not warriors. We must remember they were slaves, they knew heavy labor but not the art of war. There was a lot of them, but we must take in account there was women, infants, children, the elderly too on top of the others. They were basically just a group of farmers really. They had to rely on God out there not themselves. God wanted them to know this and trust Him.

Exodus 17:1 And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wildernesse of Sin, by their iourneyes at the commandement of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.
17:2 Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke. And Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
17:3 So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kill vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
17:4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5 And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:
17:6 Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke. And Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.
17:7 And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?

So after being scared, tired, thirsty, hungred and discouraged now they are attacked for the first time.

Exodus 17:8 Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim. Textus Receptus Bibles
Geneva Bible 1560/1599

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Exodus Chapter: 17
17:1 And all the Congregation of the children of Israel departed from the wildernesse of Sin, by their iourneyes at the commandement of the Lord, and camped in Rephidim, where was no water for the people to drinke.
17:2 Wherefore the people contended with Moses, and sayde, Giue vs water that we may drinke. And Moses sayde vnto them, Why contende yee with me? wherefore do ye tempt the Lord?
17:3 So the people thirsted there for water, and the people murmured against Moses, and said, Wherefore hast thou thus brought vs out of Egypt to kill vs and our children and our cattel with thirst?
17:4 And Moses cried to the Lord, saying, What shall I do to this people? for they be almost ready to stone me.
17:5 And ye Lord answered to Moses, Goe before the people, and take with thee of the Elders of Israel: and thy rod, wherewith thou smotest the riuer, take in thine hand, and go:
17:6 Behold, I will stand there before thee vpon the rocke in Horeb, and thou shalt smite on the rocke, and water shall come out of it, that the people may drinke. And Moses did so in the sight of the Elders of Israel.
17:7 And he called the name of the place, Massah and Meribah, because of the contention of the children of Israel, and because they had tempted the Lord, saying, Is the Lord among vs, or no?
17:8 Then came Amalek and fought with Israel in Rephidim.
17:9 And Moses sayde to Ioshua, Chuse vs out men, and go fight with Amalek: to morowe I will stande on the toppe of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
17:10 So Ioshua did as Moses bad him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur, went vp to the top of the hill.
17:11 And when Moses helde vp his hande, Israel preuailed: but when he let his hande downe, Amalek preuailed.
17:12 Nowe Moses handes were heauy: therefore they tooke a stone and put it vnder him, and hee sate vpon it: and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntill the going downe of the sunne.
17:13 And Ioshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

There was no dispute, no harm that Israel was doing, they were not invading or in any way threatening the Amalekites just going through. This is how we know the Amalekites behavior pattern, in Deuteronomy it tells us.

Deuteronomy 25:17 Remember what Amalek did vnto thee by the way, when ye were come out of Egypt:
25:18 How he met thee by ye way, and smote ye hindmost of you, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast fainted and weary, and he feared not God.
25:19 Therefore, when the Lord thy God hath giuen thee rest from all thine enemies round about in the land, which the Lord thy God giueth thee for an inheritance to possesse it, then thou shalt put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen: forget not.

They attacked the hindmost of them, which would consist of women, infants, small children and elderly those who could not fight back. It required pretty much no skill or courage for the Amalekites because these at the hindmost were the weakest of weak. They were cruel, ruthless, had no mercy and had no fear of God. Though they required little strength in killing the weaker ones, it does show us why we need to know our enemy when possible. The most important thing to remember is, it was not so much the men fighting but it was Moses worshipping, and intercedeing the entire time of the battle is what brought the victory. Each time he lowered his arms the Amalekites would start to overcome them, everytime he raised his arms Israel would prevail. Now to me the most awesome thing in this account is how Aaron and Hur saw that Moses was getting tired and his body weak from standing and holding his arms up with the rod that they helped him!! They did not laugh, make fun, call him weak or tell him it was because he had sin in his life as people would say today, no, they stood on both sides of him and helped him!! “and Aaron and Hur stayed vp his hands, the one on the one side, and the other on the other side: so his hands were steady vntill the going downe of the sunne.” For hours many hours it took and Aaron and Hur stepped up to the plate to help when Moses body grew weak! Most of us are not willing to pray more than 5 minutes let alone all day long!

Next comes the prophecy about the utter destruction of Alamlek and it had to be recorded never forgotten that is pretty important. It was not time, but their time would come and until that day, God Himself declared war against Amalek, in a perpetual war until his final and utter destruction. This perpetual conflict with Isarel from the Amalekites would last 100’s of years. The Amalekites was different from all of Isreals other enemies, and God personally marked this enemy as His very own enemy and He would utterly destroy them. Why? What was so different about the Amalekites compared to others? As we read earlier they had no fear of God they had no compassion for others, they had no restraint meaning they attacked a killed anyone noone was exempt. They were hostile, arrogant, haughty, ruthless and cruel they were not (super natural beings as others teach) they were people that were utterly wicked and instilled their wickedness on their children from birth, they knew no other way of life other than savagery and did not appear to hsve any desire to change.

Exodus 17:14 And the Lord sayde to Moses, Write this for a remembrance in the booke, and rehearse it to Ioshua: for I will vtterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from vnder heauen.
17:15 (And Moses builte an altar and called the name of it, Iehouah-nissi)
17:16 Also he said, The Lord hath sworne, that he will haue warre with Amalek from generation to generation.

They were never to forget, never to think enough time has passed and things have changed, no they were to never forget, this was very important. When King Saul was told to kill all he would know why, when David came against them he would know why in the days of Hezekiah when they finally killed the remnants of them they would know they were fulfilling Gods spoken Word to Moses.

After the Israelites settled in the land that God had given them the Israelites would serve other gods then return to God and this began a pretty bad habit of theirs.

In Judges 6:1 Afterwarde the children of Israel committed wickednesse in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord gaue them into the handes of Midian seuen yeres.
6:2 And the hand of Midian preuayled against Israel, and because of the Midianites the children of Israel made them dennes in the mountaines, and caues, and strong holdes.
6:3 When Israel had sowen, then came vp the Midianites, the Amalekites, and they of the East, and came vpon them,
6:4 And camped by them, and destroyed the fruite of the earth, euen til thou come vnto Azzah, and left no foode for Israel, neither sheepe, nor oxe, nor asse.
6:5 For they went vp, and their cattel, and came with their tentes as grashoppers in multitude: so that they and their camels were without number: and they came into the land to destroy it.
6:6 So was Israel exceedingly impouerished by the Midianites: therefore the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord.
6:7 And when the children of Israel cryed vnto the Lord because of the Midianites,

Seven years this happened for! But God had a man already planned to be used named Gideon. Judges 7:1 Then Ierubbaal (who is Gideon) rose vp early, and all the people that were with him, and pitched beside the well of Harod, so that the hoste of the Midianites was on the Northside of them in the valley by the hill of Moreh.
7:2 And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people that are with thee, are too many for me to giue the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel make their vaunt against me, and say, Mine hand hath saued mee.
7:3 Now therefore proclaime in the audience of the people, and say, Who so is timerous or fearefull, let him returne, and depart earely from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people which were at mount Gilead, two and twentie thousand: so ten thousand remayned.
7:4 And the Lord said vnto Gideon, The people are yet too many: bring them downe vnto the water, and I will try them for thee there: and of whome I say vnto thee, This man shall goe with thee, the same shall go with thee: and of whomsoeuer I say vnto thee, This man shall not goe with thee, the same shall not go.
7:5 So he brought downe the people vnto the water. And the Lord sayd vnto Gideon, As many as lap the water with their tongues, as a dog lappeth, them put by themselues, and euery one that shall bow downe his knees to drinke, put apart.
7:6 And the nomber of them that lapped by putting their handes to their mouthes, were three hundreth men: but all the remnant of the people kneeled downe vpon their knees to drinke water.
7:7 Then the Lord sayde vnto Gideon, By these three hundreth men that lapped, will I saue you, and deliuer the Midianites into thine hand: and let all the other people go euery man vnto his place.
7:8 So the people tooke vitailes with them, and their trumpets: and he sent all the rest of Israel, euery man vnto his tent, and reteined the three hundreth men: and the hoste of Midian was beneath him in a valley.
7:9 And the same night the Lord sayde vnto him, Arise, get thee downe vnto the hoste: for I haue deliuered it into thine hand.
7:10 But if thou feare to go downe, then go thou, and Phurah thy seruant downe to the hoste,
7:11 And thou shalt hearken what they say, and so shall thine handes be strong to go downe vnto the hoste. Then went he downe and Phurah his seruant vnto the outside of the souldiers that were in the hoste.
7:12 And the Midianites, and the Amalekites and all they of the East, lay in the valley like grashoppers in multitude, and their camels were without nomber, as the sande which is by the sea side for multitude.
7:13 And when Gideon was come, beholde, a man tolde a dreame vnto his neighbour, and said, Behold, I dreamed a dreame, and lo, a cake of barley bread tumbled from aboue into the hoste of Midian, and came vnto a tent, and smote it that it fell, and ouerturned it, that the tent fell downe.

7:19 So Gideon and the hundreth men that were with him, came vnto the outside of the hoste, in the beginning of the middle watche, and they raised vp the watchmen, and they blew with their trumpets, and brake the pitchers that were in their handes.
7:20 And the three companies blew with trumpets and brake the pitchers, and helde the lampes in their left hands, and the trumpets in their right. handes to blowe withall: and they cryed, The sword of the Lord and of Gideon.
7:21 And they stoode, euery man in his place round about the hoste: and all the hoste ranne, and cryed, and fled.
7:22 And the three hundreth blewe with trumpets, and the Lord set euery mans sworde vpon his neighbour, and vpon all the hoste: so the hoste fled to Beth-hashittah in Zererah, and to the border of Abel-meholah, vnto Tabbath.

They fled from Israel, but it was not their utter destruction yet.

1 Samuel 15:1 Afterward Samuel said vnto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee King ouer his people, ouer Israel: nowe therefore obey the voyce of the wordes of the Lord.
15:2 Thus saith the Lord of hostes, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, howe they laide waite for the in ye way, as they came vp from Egypt.
15:3 Nowe therefore goe, and sinite Amalek, and destroy ye all that perteyneth vnto them, and haue no compassion on them, but slay both man and woman, both infant and suckling, both oxe, and sheepe, both camell, and asse.
15:4 And Saul assembled ye people, and nombred them in Telaim, two hundreth thousande footemen, and ten thousand men of Iudah.
15:5 And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.
15:6 And Saul said vnto the Kenites, Goe, depart, and get you downe from among the Amalekites, least I destroy you with them: for ye shewed mercie to all the children of Israel, when they came vp from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
15:7 So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,
15:8 And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
15:9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the better sheepe, and the oxen, and the fat beasts, and the lambes, and all that was good, and they would not destroy them: but euery thing that was vile and nought worth, that they destroyed.

King Saul spared Agag, and the best sheep, oxen, fat beasts, lambs, and all that was worth something. He outright disobeyed Gods commandment to him. When Samuel came and confronted him he behaved as if he did nothing wrong.

1 Samuel 15:13 Then Samuel came to Saul, and Saul said vnto him. Blessed be thou of the Lord, I haue fulfilled the commandement of the Lord.
15:14 But Samuel saide, What meaneth then the bleating of the sheepe in mine eares, and the lowing of the oxen which I heare?
15:15 And Saul answered, They haue brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheepe, and of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the Lord thy God, and the remnant haue we destroyed.
15:16 Againe Samuel saide to Saul, Let me tell thee what the Lord hath saide to me this night. And he said vnto him, Say on.
15:17 Then Samuel saide, When thou wast litle in thine owne sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel? for the Lord anointed thee King ouer Israel.
15:18 And the Lord sent thee on a iourney, and saide, Goe, and destroy those sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them, vntill thou destroy them.
15:19 Nowe wherefore hast thou not obeyed the voyce of the Lord, but hast turned to the pray, and hast done wickedly in the sight of the Lord?
15:20 And Saul saide vnto Samuel, Yea, I haue obeyed the voyce of the Lord, and haue gone the way which the Lord sent me, and haue brought Agag the King of Amalek, and haue destroyed the Amalekites.
15:21 But the people tooke of the spoyle, sheepe, and oxen, and the chiefest of the things which shoulde haue bene destroyed, to offer vnto the Lord thy God in Gilgal.
15:22 And Samuel saide, Hath the Lord as great pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices, as when the voyce of the Lord is obeyed? beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice, and to hearken is better then the fatte of rammes.
15:23 For rebellion is as the sinne of withcraft, and transgression is wickednesse and idolatrie. Because thou hast cast away the worde of the Lord, therefore hee hath cast away thee from being King.
15:24 Then Saul sayde vnto Samuel, I haue sinned: for I haue transgressed the commandement of the Lord, and thy wordes, because I feared the people, and obeyed their voyce.
15:25 Nowe therefore I pray thee, take away my sinne, and turne againe with mee, that I may worship the Lord.
15:26 But Samuel saide vnto Saul, I will not returne with thee: for thou hast cast away the word of the Lord, and the Lord hath cast away thee, that thou shalt not be King ouer Israel.
15:27 And as Samuel turned himselfe to goe away, he caught the lappe of his coate, and it rent.
15:28 Then Samuel saide vnto him, The Lord hath rent the kingdome of Israel from thee this day, and hath giuen it to thy neighbour, that is better then thou.
15:29 For in deede the strength of Israel will not lye nor repent: for hee is not a man that hee should repent.

It is from this that we get two well known sayings, “beholde, to obey is better then sacrifice” and “rebellion is as the sinne of witchcraft.” To say that God was angry with king Saul would be an understatement.

1 Samuel 27:7 And the time that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistims, was foure moneths and certaine dayes.
27:8 Then Dauid and his men went vp, and inuaded the Geshurites, and the Girzites, and the Amalekites: for they inhabited the lande from the beginning, from the way, as thou goest to Shur, euen vnto the lande of Egypt.
27:9 And Dauid smote the lande, and left neither man nor woman aliue, and tooke sheepe, and oxen, and asses, and camels, and apparell, and returned and came to Achish.
27:10 And Achish said, Where haue ye bene a rouing this day? And Dauid answered, Against the South of Iudah, and against the South of the Ierahmeelites, and against the South of ye Kenites.
27:11 And Dauid saued neither man nor woman aliue, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tel on vs, and say, So did Dauid, and so will be his maner all the while that he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistims.
27:12 And Achish beleeued Dauid, saying, He hath made his people of Israel vtterly to abhorre him: therefore he shalbe my seruant for euer.

1 Samuel 30;1 Bvt when Dauid and his men were come to Ziklag the thirde day, the Amalekites had inuaded vpon the South, euen vnto Ziklag, and had smitten Ziklag, and burnt it with fire,
30:2 And had taken the women that were therein, prisoners, both small and great, and slewe not a man, but caryed them away, and went their wayes.
30:3 So Dauid and his men came to the city, and beholde, it was burnt with fire, and their wiues, and their sonnes, and their daughters were taken prisoners.
30:4 Then Dauid and the people that was with him, lift vp their voyces and wept, vntill they could weepe no more.
30:5 Dauids two wiues were taken prisoners also, Ahinoam the Izreelite, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
30:6 And Dauid was in great sorowe: for the people entended to stone him, because the heartes of all the people were vexed euery man for his sonnes and for his daughters: but Dauid comforted him selfe in the Lord his God.
30:7 And Dauid saide to Abiathar the Priest Ahimelechs sonne, I pray thee, bring me the Ephod. And Abiathar brought the Ephod to Dauid.
30:8 Then Dauid asked counsell at the Lord, saying, Shall I follow after this companie? shall I ouertake them? And he answered him, Followe: for thou shalt surely ouertake them, and recouer all.
30:9 So Dauid and the sixe hundreth men that were with him, went, and came to the riuer Besor, where a part of them abode:
30:10 But Dauid and foure hundreth men followed (for two hundreth abode behinde, being too wearie to goe ouer the riuer Besor)
30:11 And they found an Egyptian in the fielde, and brought him to Dauid, and gaue him bread and he did eat, and they gaue him water to drinke.
30:12 Also they gaue him a fewe figges, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirite came againe to him: for he had eaten no bread, nor drunke any water in three dayes, and three nightes.
30:13 And Dauid saide vnto him, To whome belongest thou? and whence art thou? And he saide, I am a yong man of Egypt, and seruant to an Amalekite: and my master left me three dayes agoe, because I fell sicke.
30:14 We roued vpon the South of Chereth, and vpon the coast belonging to Iudah, and vpon the South of Caleb, and we burnt Ziklag with fire.
30:15 And Dauid saide vnto him, Canst thou bring me to this companie? And he said, Sweare vnto me by God, that thou wilt neither kill me, nor deliuer me into the handes of my master, and I will bring thee to this companie.
30:16 And when he had brought him thither, beholde, they lay scattered abroade vpon all the earth, eating and drinking, and dauncing, because of all the great pray that they had taken out of the lande of the Philistims, and out of the land of Iudah.
30:17 And Dauid smote them from the twilight, euen vnto the euening of the next morowe, so that there escaped not a man of them, saue foure hundreth yong men, which rode vpon camels, and fled.
30:18 And Dauid recouered all that the Amalekites had taken: also Dauid rescued his two wiues.

David gets the Ephod and asks the LORD what to do after the Amalekites invades Ziglag takes everyone and everything and burns it down. His own men wanted to stone him to death, so David asks God what to do. God told him to go thst he would overtake them. They found them celebrating and rejoicing over the victory. David and his men killed all but 400 young men that fled on horseback. Just a remnant was left, then Hezekiah finishes them off.

1 Chronicles 4:41 And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.
4:42 And besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rophaiah, and Vzziel the sonnes of Ishi were their captaines,
4:43 And they smote the rest of Amalek that had escaped, and they dwelt there vnto this day.

Today when I heard a teaching on this I was pretty well taken by it. I had always heard people say the Amalekites were “nephilim” and that is why God told Saul to kill all women, children animals all. But that is not truth at all. God knows the heart, God knows the disposition and behavior of man, and God foreknew that not one of the Amalekites would serve Him, they as far as I can tell served no god but themselves. But they were not supernatural beings, they were wicked people and God had then utterly destroyed. And guess what? He does not answer to you, me, or anyone He is God and He will teach do what He desires and answers to no one!