¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, “Write^(A) this on a scroll as something to be remembered and make sure that Joshua hears it, because I will completely blot out^(B) the name of Amalek^(C) from under heaven.”

⁴⁸ He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites,^(A) delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.

David Destroys the Amalekites

30 David and his men reached Ziklag^(A) on the third day. Now the Amalekites^(B) had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They had attacked Ziklag and burned^(C) it,

⁸ “He asked me, ‘Who are you?’

“‘An Amalekite,^(A)’ I answered.

¹² Edom^[a](A) and Moab,^(B) the Ammonites^(C) and the Philistines,^(D) and Amalek.^(E) He also dedicated the plunder taken from Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.