Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Deuteronomy 25:19
Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].
19. hath given thee rest ] See on Deu 12:9 f.
in the land which, etc.] Deu 4:21.
thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek, etc.] E, Exo 17:14: I will utterly blot out, etc. God’s will is now Israel’s duty.
thou shalt not forget ] Deu 9:7.
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Blot out the remembrance of Amalek; which was in great measure done afterward. See 1Sa 15; 27:8; 30:1,17; 1Ch 4:43; Est 9:12,13.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about,…. Not only when they had subdued the Canaanites, and got possession of their land, but when they were clear and free from all their neighbouring nations, Moabites, Midianites, Edomites, Ammonites, and Philistines; wherefore it may be observed, that this did not take place, as not immediately after the conquest of Canaan, so neither in the times of the judges, when they were harassed frequently by their neighbours, and not until the times of Saul, the first king of Israel:
in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it; the sense is, when they were in the full possession of the land given them by the Lord, as an inheritance to be enjoyed by them and theirs; and were at an entire rest from all enemies, and so had their hands at liberty to employ against Amalek:
[that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven: that is, utterly destroy them, so that there should be none left of them any where, to put in mind that there ever were such a people on earth; men, women, children, cattle of all sorts, were to be destroyed, and nothing left that belonged unto them; that it might not be said this beast was Amalek’s, as Jarchi, and to the same purpose Aben Ezra; see the order for this renewed, and the accomplishment of it, at least in part, 1Sa 15:2, c.
thou shall not forget [it] neither the unkindness of Amalek, nor this order to destroy him. The Targum of Jonathan adds,
“and even in the days of the King Messiah it shall not be forgotten.”
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Ver. 19. Thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek Respecting the transaction here referred to, see Exodus 17 from the 8th verse to the end. This deletion of Amalek was completed by the death of Haman the Amalekite; Est 3:1; Est 7:10. See the Reflections on the Destruction of the Canaanites after chap. 20:
REFLECTIONS.A dreadful memento is put upon Amalek. He had fallen upon them as soon as they had escaped from Egypt. He had taken advantage of their weakness, and attacked them when weary with marching, and faint with thirst. He had, in a cowardly manner hung upon their rear, to pick up the hindmost, who could make no resistance; and impiously feared not the Lord, whose glory appeared so visibly at their head. For these instances of treacherous cruelty to his people, God will punish him with utter excision; and they must not forget to execute the sentence, which was done at several times by Saul and David, and finally in the time of Hezekiah, 1Ch 4:43. Note; (1.) God will avenge the quarrels of his people upon their enemies; and they will be especially remembered who seek to distress or discourage the weak, and to offend his little ones who are but beginning to escape from spiritual Egypt. (2.) God’s sentence is slow in the execution, but it is sure.
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REFLECTIONS
I DESIRE grace to bless my compassionate GOD, that my stripes have fallen far short of my sins, and I may truly say to my soul with one of old, Know, therefore, that GOD hath exacted of thee less than thy iniquity deserved. It is thou, dearest JESUS, who hath been wounded for my transgressions, and bruised for my iniquities; the chastisement of my peace was upon thee, and with thy stripes I have been healed. LORD! grant me the teachings of thine HOLY SPIRIT, that in all thy dealings with men, I may bring no reproach upon thy cause, nor have divers weights and divers measures, but a just balance, which is thy delight. And for all the Amalekites and enemies of my salvation. LORD! endue me with strength and holy resolution, that mine eye may not spare, however delicately they may seem, but by the arm of my GOD, may I hew them in pieces before the LORD my Saviour.
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Deu 25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].
Ver. 19. Thou shalt not forget it. ] Neither did they. Saul should have utterly destroyed them, 1Sa 15:18-19 but wherein he failed, God stirred up the Simeonites in Hezekiah’s days to smite the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped. 1Ch 4:42-43 It is ill angering the Ancient of days. His wrath lasts longer than hot coals of juniper, Psa 120:4 his judgments are severe and durable: as we use to say of winter frosts, they never rot in the sky, but shall fall, if late, yet surely, yet seasonably. God’s forbearance is no quittance.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
blot out. Fulfilled in the time of Esther in 462 B.C. See App-50.
remembrance. Hebrew. zekar, not zakar, males; as Joab seems to have understood it in 1Ki 11:15, 1Ki 11:16.
Amalek. Compare 1Sa 15:2, 1Sa 15:3. Num 24:20.
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when the: Jos 23:1
thou shalt: Deu 9:14, Exo 17:14, Exo 17:16, Jos 6:3, Jos 7:12, Jos 7:22-25, 1Sa 14:48, 1Sa 15:1-35, 1Sa 27:8, 1Sa 30:1-7, 1Ch 4:43, Est 3:1, Est 7:10, Est 9:7-10, Psa 83:7-17
Reciprocal: Exo 32:32 – blot me Lev 27:28 – no devoted Deu 7:24 – their name Deu 12:9 – General Deu 29:20 – blot out 2Ki 14:27 – blot out Est 3:2 – bowed not Psa 109:13 – their name Lam 3:66 – under Heb 4:8 – had
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25:19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the {f} remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].
(f) This was partly accomplished by Saul, about 450 years later.