1 Samuel 15:7

1 Samuel 15:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Context of 1 Samuel 15:7

5Saul and his army went to the city of the Amalekites. They waited in a small valley to attack their enemy. 6Saul said to the Kenite people, ‘Go away from here! I will kill the Amalekites, but I do not want to kill you. You were kind to the Israelites when they came out from Egypt.’ So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. Then Saul attacked the Amalekites. He fought them all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8Saul caught their king, Agag, while he was still alive. Saul's soldiers used their swords to kill all of Agag's people. 9But Saul and the army let King Agag live. Also, they did not kill the best sheep, lambs, cows and fat calves. They kept all the good things and they did not agree to destroy them. But they killed everything that was weak and useless.

1 Samuel 15:7 word by word

וַיַּ֥ךְ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בּוֹאֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
• smoteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵק‛ămâlêq · AmalekH6002
• from Havilahחֲוִילָהchăvîylâh · HavilahH2341
• thou comestבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): towardsH935
• to Shurשׁוּרshûr · ShurH7793
• over againstפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 15:7

• 1 Samuel 14:48He fought very bravely and he won against the Amalekites. Saul kept Israel safe from all the people who attacked them.
• Job 21:30They would tell you that wicked people do not always suffer. When trouble comes, they continue to be safe. When God is angry with people, wicked people escape punishment.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13Wicked people will surely not enjoy a good life. Their lives will be like a shadow that quickly disappears. They do not respect God, so they will not live for a long time.
• Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is the Pishon. It goes through the whole land of Havilah. There is gold in that land.
• Genesis 25:18Ishmael's descendants lived in the lands from Havilah to Shur. These are near Egypt, towards Asshur. They were always at war with each other.
• 1 Samuel 27:8During that time David and his men attacked the Geshurites, the Girzites and the Amalekites. These tribes had lived in that place for a very long time. Their land went as far as Shur and the border of Egypt.
• Genesis 16:7The angel of the Lord found Hagar. She was by a spring of water in the desert. The spring was near the road to Shur.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 15:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7From Havilah - to Shur - From Pelusium in Egypt, unto the Red Sea. - Josephus. But Havilah lay eastward from the Red Sea; the Amalekites lay between this and the way to Egypt towards Shur.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7The district here described would stretch from Havilah on the extreme east to Shur, either near Suez, or further north on the coast road from Gaza to Egypt.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7The area where the Amalekites lived stretched from Havilah in northern Sinai to Shur near the eastern border of Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. Saul smote the Amalekites--His own view of the proper and expedient course to follow was his rule, not the command of God.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 15:7

• Agency
• Amalekites
• Falsehood
• Gilgal
• Havilah
• Repentance
• Retaliation
• Shur
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Saul
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Paul, Saul
• Amalekite
• Better
• Chief
• Pardon
• Reject
• Samuel

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