Text -- Deuteronomy 25:19 (NET)

25:19 So when the Lord your God gives you relief from all the enemies who surround you in the land he is giving you as an inheritance, you must wipe out the memory of the Amalekites from under heaven– do not forget!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Deu 25:19

¹ tn Heb “ the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.

² tn The Hebrew text includes “to possess it.”

³ tn Or “from beneath the sky.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.

⁴ sn This command is fulfilled in 1 Sam 15:1-33.