And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.
The opening chapters of 1 Chronicles contain long lists and other details that may be difficult to understand or seem to have little value. In the time of Hezekiah the Simeonites struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, settled in their territory, and dwelt there. A remnant of Amalek had escaped earlier defeats by David and continued afterward, but this destruction ended them as the final blotting out of the Amalekite nation. This fulfilled the pronounced judgment of annihilation against Amalek for attacking Israel, that the remembrance of Amalek would be utterly put out from under heaven by war with Amalek from generation to generation until the last one ceased from the earth. The event shows God's faithfulness in preserving Jacob's descendants.
Such detailed list material is part of a Bible intended for people of every class, including scholars studying the origin and distribution of races. Its details can lead those seeking human knowledge to spiritual truth.
The opening chapters of 1 Chronicles contain long lists and other details that may be difficult to understand or seem to have little value. In the time of Hezekiah the Simeonites struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, settled in their territory, and dwelt there. A remnant of Amalek had escaped earlier defeats by David and continued afterward, but this destruction ended them as the final blotting out of the Amalekite nation. This fulfilled the pronounced judgment of annihilation against Amalek for attacking Israel, that the remembrance of Amalek would be utterly put out from under heaven by war with Amalek from generation to generation until the last one ceased from the earth. The event shows God's faithfulness in preserving Jacob's descendants.
Such detailed list material is part of a Bible intended for people of every class, including scholars studying the origin and distribution of races. Its details can lead those seeking human knowledge to spiritual truth.