Exodus 17:13

17:13 So Joshua destroyed 1  Amalek and his army 2  with the sword. 3 

1 tn The verb means “disabled, weakened, prostrated.” It is used a couple of times in the Bible to describe how man dies and is powerless (see Job 14:10; Isa 14:12).

2 tn Or “people.”

3 tn Heb “mouth of the sword.” It means as the sword devours – without quarter (S. R. Driver, Exodus, 159).

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