To begin with just a brief question, we're all familiar with the battle in Ex 17:8. But in Deut 25:17 we note that Amalek was picking the Israelites off at the rear, the weakest, those that were lagging behind. What I am curious about is this must have been happening before the major battle where Moshe organised His major assault while at Rephidim. Is this true? The only snag here is that the Israelites were complaining about a lack of water, if the Amalekites were already doing there hit and runs a few miles down the road on theose that were at the back of the long march then the Israelites would have told Moshe and they would have complained about this as well. So this is my question mark, the idea that the Amalekites continued to haunt the Israelites after that major battle does not, at this moment, seem plausible.
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