- What Was the Fate of Amalek?

45. What Was the Fate of Amalek?
The Amalekites were a wicked, oppressive, war-like and cruel people. They were powerful and influential and possessed cities in the south of Canaan. (See 1 Samuel 15:18; Judges 10:12; Numbers 24:7.) They were the first to oppose Israel (Exodus 17:8) ; Saul overcame them (1 Samuel 14:1-52*48); David invaded their land (1 Samuel 30:1-2), and what was left of them was completely destroyed during the reign of Hezekiah (1 Chronicles 4:41-43).