亚玛力人恨耶和华的起头可以从以扫开始,因为得不到祝福(可是他自己为了一口食物却可以轻易放弃为耶和华看重的长子权)就要杀自己的亲弟弟雅各,以扫的孙子是亚玛力酋长。但是真是应了那句“有其父必有其子”的说法,哥哥的后代们亚玛力人也都从来没有放弃过要杀弟弟的后代以色列人,而且是世世代代。雅各(以色列)—〉犹大—〉法勒斯—〉希斯伦—〉兰—〉亚米拿达—〉拿顺—〉撒门—〉波阿斯—〉俄备得—〉耶西—〉大卫—〉所罗门—〉罗波安—〉亚比雅—〉亚撒—〉约沙法—〉约兰—〉亚哈谢—〉约阿施—〉亚玛谢—〉亚撒利雅—〉约坦—〉亚哈斯—〉希西家。根据以前文章对亚玛力人一贯追杀以色列人,到希西家才记载亚玛力人按照民族的概念大概被消灭了,但是其“余威震于殊俗” 的影响一直可以到以斯贴记或者更长,也就是我所说的上千年。此外,亚玛力人的邪恶更表现在他们”had no wish to fight alone against Israel but rather, with the help of many nations(Mekhilita,ed.by H.S.Horovitz and I.A.Rabin(1960),176)”约瑟夫斯的作品也有同样论述,从圣经我们也可以看出来。”At first these nations were afraid to join Amalek, but he persuaded them by saying:”Come, and I shall advise you what to do. If they defeat me, you flee, and if not, come and help me against Israel ””.所以难怪撒母耳记上15:6这样记载“扫罗对基尼人说:“走吧,离开亚玛力人下去吧,免得我把你们连同亚玛力人一起除灭,因为以色列人从埃及上来的时候,你们曾经以忠贞的爱待他们。”基尼人就离开亚玛力人。”虽然基尼人,亚玛力人是在一起的,但是扫罗没有灭基尼人。我们知道上帝不会把义人和恶人一起处死,这更是最好的例子。让我们再进一步看看以色列人怎么看待亚玛力人的。”In rabbinic literature, the reasons for the unusual eternal remembrance of Amalek are the following:(1) Amalek is the irreconcilable enemy and it is forbidden to show mercy foolishly to one wholly dedicated to the destruction of Israel(PR 12:47). Moreover, the attack of the Amalekites upon the Israelites encouraged others. All the tragedies which Israel suffered are considered the direct outcome of Amalek’s hostile act (PdPK 27). (2) The injunction “Remember” does not enjoin us to recall the evil actions of others but rather our own. For “the enemy comes only on account of sin and transgression”(ibid). (3) The verse “Remember…”is meant to remind all men of “the rule which holds good for all generations, namely, that the scourge [the staff of God’s indignation] with which Israel is smitten will itself finally be smitten”(Mekhilta,181). In the course of time this biblical injunction became so deeply rooted in Jewish thought that many important enemies of Israel were identified as direct descendants of Amalek. Thus the tannaitic aggadah of the first century C.E identifies Amalek with Rome(Bacher, Tann,1,(1930),146). The most outstanding example is “Haman the Agagite”(Esth.3:1) who is regarded as a descendant of Agag (1Sam.15:8) the Amalekite King (Jos.,Ant.,11:209)”