Amalek is mentioned 22 times in scripture, across 9 books of the Old Testament. First named in scripture around 1853 BC.
Dweller in a valley, the son of Eliphaz and grandson of Esau (Gen. 36:12; 1 Chr. 1:36); the chief of an Idumean tribe (Gen. 36:16). His mother was a Horite, a tribe whose territory the descendants of Esau had seized.