Then the LORD said to Moses, "Write an account of this victory, so that it will be remembered. Tell Joshua that I will completely destroy the Amalekites."

He said, "Hold high the banner of the LORD! The LORD will continue to fight against the Amalekites forever!"

"Remember what the Amalekites did to you as you were coming from Egypt.

So then, when the LORD your God has given you the land and made you safe from all your enemies who live around you, be sure to kill all the Amalekites, so that no one will remember them any longer. Do not forget!

Saul defeated the Amalekites, fighting all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt;

he captured King Agag of Amalek alive and killed all the people.

At dawn the next day David attacked them and fought until evening. Except for four hundred young men who mounted camels and got away, none of them escaped.

Edom, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek---as well as part of the loot he had taken from Hadadezer.

The LORD buried him in a valley in Moab, opposite the town of Bethpeor, but to this day no one knows the exact place of his burial.

He later went to the land of the Hittites, built a city there, and named it Luz, which is still its name.

The ends of the poles could be seen by anyone standing directly in front of the Most Holy Place, but from nowhere else. (The poles are still there today.)

So I poured out my anger and fury on the towns of Judah and on the streets of Jerusalem, and I set them on fire. They were left in ruins and became a horrifying sight, as they are today.

That is why that field is called "Field of Blood" to this very day.

The guards took the money and did what they were told to do. And so that is the report spread around by the Jews to this very day.