1 Samuel 15:3New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
3 Now go and attack Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have; do not spare them, but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
even the animals. (The Jewish God is one mean god)
Moses comes down from the mountain , whoever is not with us is against us,
and had the men slay 3000 of their inlaws, brothers, etc, that day.
what happened to your statement "verse by verse is no way to read the bible or the Koran"??? you were kidding?
The amaleks were a people who engaged in child sacrifice----they dumped
their own kids or any kids they could grab into a fire-----which a very hot stone
oven thing------before statues of the "god" MOLOCH Such altars---complete
with charred baby bones ----have been found on excavations. For the sake of
the same kind of poetic style used to write ancient epics----(eg the odyssey which
is yet another book you never read) wars with these enemies are described in
FLAMBOYANT manner-----the war with the Amalekites is no more horrific
in description than the sack of TROY. (gee you are dim) As to the issue of
the fight in the Sinai-----that was a civil war-----again flamboyantly described.
did you attend high school in the USA Penelope? did they put you in the
"literature for idiots" class? you missed Beowulf too-----didn't you.....
you should try reading the bible-----it is SUBLIME literature------for those who can
grasp it--------so is the Odyssey. I read the Koran long ago----because I love
ancient literature---------it has no aesthetic value