8607. 'Amalek prevailed' means that the falsity would then be winning. This is clear from the meaning of 'prevailing' as winning; and from the representation of 'Amalek' as falsity arising from interior evil, dealt with in 8593. Israel's winning at one time, Amalek's at another, represented the experience of those who belong to the spiritual Church. They cannot have a faith which looks constantly to the Lord, only a faith which by turns looks to self and the world. For the light among members of that Church is dim, as a consequence of which their faith is impaired. For the fact that they are like this, see 2708, 2715, 2718, 2831, 2935,2937, 3833,6289, 6500,6639, 6865,6945,7233. This explains why Amalek was not annihilated by Joshua, or subsequently by the judges, or by the kings in the land of Canaan, even though it had been commanded that he should be wiped out, 8593.