Amalekites

The Amalekites were a people or nation in the Bible.

After the Amalekites attacked the Israelites, the LORD commanded Moses to kill everyone of them (including women, children and infants). Many liberal Bible scholars claim that the Israelites thought this to be a just act or attempt to dilute the truth of God's will. But Biblical literalistism proves that if the LORD commands his people (in this case the Israelites) it is always justified, because God created morality, therefore whatever he says is always moral. Even if it seems cruel, unnecessary or evil in Man's eyes. However it remains controversial due to its genocidal nature.

Atheists and other secularists typical use a cheap emotional appeal when discussing God's wrath in the Bible. E.g "do you think the babies and young children deserved to be murdered?".

Origin

Like other tribes such as the Edomites, the Amalekites were named after a man, Amalek, from whom they were believed to be descended. However, they are more likely associated with the Ammonites and Canaanites. Their name is sometimes translated as "people of the valleys," but some biblical scholars do not agree with this translation.

The Agag Incident

On or about 1079 BC (or 1034 BC according to Thiele), Samuel passed along to Saul God's direct order to do battle against the Amalekites and destroy them to the last man, woman, child, and item of livestock. Saul disobeyed again. He offered Agag, king of the Amalekites, terms of surrender, and preserved intact much livestock and other booty.

Now Samuel told Saul definitely that God now rejected him. Saul made a show of repentance, and Samuel accepted it for the moment--but he took care to execute Agag personally. Then Samuel departed from Saul's presence. The two men never saw one another again. (And neither would either man ever know the magnitude of Saul's original error: Agag sired a son before Samuel executed him, and a later descendant of that son, named Haman, would threaten death to the entire Jewish nation under a Persian king whom he served as vizier.