1 Samuel 15:5

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 attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’” 4So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:5 word by word

וַיָּבֹ֥א שָׁא֖וּל עַד־עִ֣יר עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַיָּ֖רֶב בַּנָּֽחַל׃Read the interlinear

• Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• toעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• the cityעִיר‛îyr ‛âr ‛âyar · cityH5892
• of Amalekעֲמָלֵק‛ămâlêq · AmalekH6002
• and lay in waitאָרַב'ârab · to ambushH693
• in the valleyנַ֫חַלnachal nachlâh nachălâh · torrent: valleyH5158

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

Topics related to 1 Samuel 15:5

• Agency
• Amalekites
• Falsehood
• Retaliation
• War

In the dictionaries

• Amalek
• Saul
• Amalek; Amalekite
• Paul, Saul
• Better
• Chief
• Pardon
• Reject
• Samuel
• Skirt

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