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So it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites, the Amalekites, and the children of the east came up against them.
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Verse 3. Amalec was formerly widely dispersed through Arabia. Some dwelt to the south of the promised land. Exodus 17. Numbers 13:3. 1 Kennicott. 15:6 and 31:1. But these inhabited the eastern countries, concerning whom Balaam spoke, Numbers 24:20. The Amalecites were scattered from Hevila upon the Euphrates, as far as the Red Sea and Sur, which is near Egypt. 1 Kennicott. 15:7 and 27:8. The other eastern nations denote those who inhabited the desert Arabia, the Moabites, Ammonites, Idumeans, Cedarenians, and so forth Isaiah 11:14. Jeremiah 49:28. Ezekiel 8:7.
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