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1 Samuel 15:2-9

2Thusכֹּ֤הkohH3541saithJehovahofhostsצְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otH6635,IhavemarkedthatwhichAmalekעֲמָלֵ֖ק'a.ma.LekH6002didtoIsraelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,howhesetשָׂ֥םsamH7760himselfagainsthiminthewayבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְba.De.rekhH1870,whenH834hecameH5927upoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

3Nowעַתָּה֩'a.TahH6258goandsmiteAmalekעֲמָלֵ֗ק'a.ma.LekH6002,andutterlydestroyוְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ve.ha.cha.ram.TemH2763allthattheyhave,andspareH2550themnot;butslaybothmanמֵאִ֣ישׁme.'IshH376andwomanאִשָּׁ֗ה'i.ShahH802,infantandsuckling,oxמִשּׁ֣וֹרmi.ShorH7794andsheepשֶׂ֔הSehH7716,camelמִגָּמָ֖לmi.ga.MalH1581andass.

4AndSaulשָׁאוּל֙sha.'UlH7586summonedthepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971,andnumberedtheminTelaim,twoמָאתַ֥יִםma.Ta.yimH3967hundredH3967thousandאֶ֖לֶף'E.lefH505footmen,andtenוַעֲשֶׂ֥רֶתva.'a.Se.retH6235thousandאֲלָפִ֖ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֥ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063.

5AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586cameH935tothecityעִ֣יר'irH5892ofAmalekעֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekH6002,andlaidwaitinthevalley.

6AndSaulשָׁא֣וּלsha.'UlH7586saidH559untotheKenites,GoH5927,departסֻּ֨רוּSu.ruH5493,getyoudownרְד֜וּre.DuH3381fromamongtheAmalekites,lestפֶּן־pen-H6435Idestroyyouwiththem;forye showedkindnesstoallthechildrenofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,whentheycameH5927upoutofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.SotheKenitesdepartedוַיָּ֥סַרvai.Ya.sarH5493fromamongtheAmalekites.

7AndSaulשָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlH7586smotetheAmalekites,fromHavilahמֵֽחֲוִילָה֙me.cha.vi.LahH2341asthou goesttoShurשׁ֔וּרShurH7793,thatisbeforeEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

8AndhetookAgagאֲגַ֥ג'a.GagH90thekingמֶֽלֶךְ־Me.lekh-H4428oftheAmalekitesaliveחָ֑יChaiH2416,andutterly destroyedallthepeopleהָעָ֖םha.'AmH5971withtheedgeoftheswordחָֽרֶב׃Cha.revH2719.

9ButSaulשָׁא֨וּלsha.'UlH7586andthepeopleוְהָעָ֜םve.ha.'AmH5971sparedH2550Agagאֲגָ֗ג'a.GagH90,andthebestofthesheepהַצֹּאן֩ha.tzoNH6629,andoftheoxenH1241,andofthefatlings,andthelambsהַכָּרִים֙ha.ka.RimH3733,andallthatwasgoodהַטּ֔וֹבha.TovH2896,andwouldאָב֖וּ'a.VuH14notutterlydestroyH2763them:buteverythingH3605thatwasvileandrefuse,thattheydestroyed utterly.

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