American Standard Version
1 Samuel 15:5
5And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1 Samuel 15:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
- New International Version (NIV)Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and lay in wait in the valley.
Context of 1 Samuel 15:5
3Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 4And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
Read all of 1 Samuel 151 Samuel 15:5 word by word
וַיָּבֹ֥א שָׁא֖וּל עַד־עִ֣יר עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיָּ֖רֶב בַּנָּֽחַל׃Read the interlinear
Commentaries on 1 Samuel 15:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Saul came to a city of Amalek - I believe the original should be translated, and Saul came to the city Amalek; their capital being called by the name of their tribe.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The unnamed town in the valley was near a Negev wadi (a dry streambed that fills with water only when it rains).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Saul came to a city of Amalek--probably their capital. laid wait in the valley--following the strategic policy of Joshua at Ai (Jos 8:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Samuel 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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