New American Standard Bible 1995
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 came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. 6Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to destroy them utterly; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.
Read all of 1 Samuel 151 Samuel 15:7 word by word
וַיַּ֥ךְ שָׁא֖וּל אֶת־עֲמָלֵ֑ק מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ בּוֹאֲךָ֣ שׁ֔וּר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear
- Saulשָׁאוּלshâ'ûl · SaulH7586
- defeatedנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- the Amalekitesעֲמָלֵק‛ămâlêq · AmalekH6002
- Havilahחֲוִילָהchăvîylâh · HavilahH2341
- as you goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): towardsH935
- Shurשׁוּרshûr · ShurH7793
- whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
- eastעַל‛al · uponH5921
- eastפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
- of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
Cross-references for 1 Samuel 15:7
- 1 Samuel 14:48He acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
- Job 21:30For the wicked is reserved for the day of calamity; They will be led forth at the day of fury.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not be well for the evil man and he will not lengthen his days like a shadow, because he does not fear God.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pishon; it flows around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 25:18They settled from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt as one goes toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
- 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites and the Girzites and the Amalekites; for they were the inhabitants of the land from ancient times, as you come to Shur even as far as the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, by 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
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Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Sam 14:48 ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit smote ↩
- 3. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 25:18 ↩
- 4. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 16:7; Ex 15:22; 1 Sam 27:8 ↩
- 5. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before ↩
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
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