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Exd 17:16 — For he said, Because the LORD hath sworn [that] the LORD [will have] war with Amalek from generation to generation.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Because, etc.		or, Because the hand of Amalek is against the throne of the LORD, therefore, etc.
the LORD, etc.		Heb. the hand upon the throne of the LORD. Isa 66:1; Act 7:49
will have war		Psa 21:8-11

Correlating Passages

the LORD, etc.

	Isa 66:1	Thus saith the LORD, The heaven [is] my throne, and the earth [is] my footstool: where [is] the house that ye build unto me? and where [is] the place of my rest?
	Act 7:49	Heaven [is] my throne, and earth [is] my footstool: what house will ye build me? saith the Lord: or what [is] the place of my rest?

will have war

	Psa 21:8	Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
	Psa 21:9	Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
	Psa 21:10	Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
	Psa 21:11	For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, [which] they are not able [to perform].

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Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 17:16," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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