Exodus 17:8 meaning and explanation
After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
Exodus 17:8, Berean Standard Bible
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The narrator moves straight from Israel's quarrel over water at Rephidim to an unprovoked attack. The Amalekites were a nomadic people descended from Esau, and they struck the Israelites while they were camped and vulnerable in the wilderness.
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