Bede, on 1Sam 14:48

“And gathering together an army, he defeated Amalec, and delivered Israel from the hand of them that spoiled them.”

“And having gathered the army, he struck Amalek, etc. It signifies foreign nations alien to the faith and sacrament of the patriarchs' blood, whom Christ overcomes in two ways as enemies of his peace, so that he might rescue spiritual Israel from the hand of their devastators, either by saving believers through their own faith or by justly condemning unbelievers through his righteous judgment.”

Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.