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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.

Context of 1 Samuel 15:7

5And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6Then Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt." So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.

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 14:48And he did valiantly and struck the Amalekites and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
• Job 21:30that the evil man is spared in the day of calamity, that he is rescued in the day of wrath?
• Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not be well with the wicked, neither will he prolong his days like a shadow, because he does not fear before God.
• Genesis 2:11The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
• Genesis 25:18They settled from Havilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled over against all his kinsmen.
• 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and made raids against the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for these were the inhabitants of the land from of old, as far as Shur, to the land of Egypt.
• Genesis 16:7The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way 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