1 Samuel 15
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1 Samuel 15:2-9

2ThusH3541 saith Jehovah of hostsH6635, I have marked that which AmalekH6002 did to IsraelH3478, how he setH7760 himself against him in the wayH1870, whenH834 he cameH5927 up out of EgyptH4714. 3NowH6258 go and smite AmalekH6002, and utterly destroyH2763 all that they have, and spareH2550 them not; but slay both manH376 and womanH802, infant and suckling, oxH7794 and sheepH7716, camelH1581 and ass.

4And SaulH7586 summoned the peopleH5971, and numbered them in Telaim, twoH3967 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footmen, and tenH6235 thousandH505 menH376 of JudahH3063. 5And SaulH7586 cameH935 to the cityH5892 of AmalekH6002, and laid wait in the valley. 6And SaulH7586 saidH559 unto the Kenites, GoH5927, departH5493, get you downH3381 from among the Amalekites, lestH6435 I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of IsraelH3478, when they cameH5927 up out of EgyptH4714. So the Kenites departedH5493 from among the Amalekites. 7And SaulH7586 smote the Amalekites, from HavilahH2341 as thou goest to ShurH7793, that is before EgyptH4714. 8And he took AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the Amalekites aliveH2416, and utterly destroyed all the peopleH5971 with the edge of the swordH2719. 9But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 sparedH2550 AgagH90, and the best of the sheepH6629, and of the oxenH1241, and of the fatlings, and the lambsH3733, and all that was goodH2896, and wouldH14 not utterly destroyH2763 them: but everythingH3605 that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

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