1 Samuel 15
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1 Samuel 15:2-9

2ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, ‘I will 1punishH6485 AmalekH6002 2for whatH834 he didH6213 to IsraelH3478, howH834 he setH7760 himself against him on the wayH1870 while he was comingH5927 up from EgyptH4714. 3NowH6258 goH1980 and strikeH5221 AmalekH6002 and 3utterlyH2763 destroyH2763 allH3605 that he has, and do not spareH2550 him; but 4putH4191 to deathH4191 bothH4480 manH376 and womanH802, childH5768 and infantH3243, oxH7794 and sheepH7716, camelH1581 and donkeyH2543.’”

4Then SaulH7586 summonedH8085 the peopleH5971 and 5numberedH6485 them in 6TelaimH2923, 200,000H3967H505 footH7273 soldiersH7273 and 10,000H6235H505 menH376 of JudahH3063. 5SaulH7586 cameH935 to the cityH5892 of AmalekH6002 and setH693 an ambushH693 in the valleyH5158. 6SaulH7586 saidH559 to 7the KenitesH7017, “GoH1980, departH5493, goH3381 downH3381 from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6003, so that I do not destroyH622 you with them; for 8you showedH6213 kindnessH2617 to allH3605 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 when they cameH5927 up from EgyptH4714.” So the KenitesH7017 departedH5493 from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6002. 7So 9SaulH7586 10defeatedH5221 the AmalekitesH6002, from 11HavilahH2341 as you goH935 to 12ShurH7793, whichH834 is 13eastH5921H6440 of EgyptH4714. 8He capturedH8610 14AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the AmalekitesH6002 aliveH2416, and 15utterlyH2763 destroyedH2763 allH3605 the peopleH5971 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719. 9But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 16sparedH2550 AgagH90 and the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629, the oxenH1241, the fatlingsH4932, the lambsH3733, and allH3605 that was goodH2896, and were not willingH14 to destroyH2763 them utterlyH2763; but everythingH3605H4399 despisedH959 and worthlessH4549, that they utterlyH2763 destroyedH2763.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Samuel 15:2 Or visit ↩
  2. 2. 1 Samuel 15:2 Ex 17:8-16; Num 24:20; Deut 25:17-19 ↩
  3. 3. 1 Samuel 15:3 Num 24:20; Deut 20:16-18; Josh 6:17-21 ↩
  4. 4. 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Sam 22:19 ↩
  5. 5. 1 Samuel 15:4 Lit mustered ↩
  6. 6. 1 Samuel 15:4 Josh 15:24 ↩
  7. 7. 1 Samuel 15:6 Num 24:21; Judg 1:16; 4:11 ↩
  8. 8. 1 Samuel 15:6 Ex 18:9, 10; Num 10:29-32 ↩
  9. 9. 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Sam 14:48 ↩
  10. 10. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit smote ↩
  11. 11. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 25:18 ↩
  12. 12. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 16:7; Ex 15:22; 1 Sam 27:8 ↩
  13. 13. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before ↩
  14. 14. 1 Samuel 15:8 Num 24:7; 1 Sam 15:20; Esth 3:1 ↩
  15. 15. 1 Samuel 15:8 1 Sam 27:8, 9; 30:1; 2 Sam 8:12 ↩
  16. 16. 1 Samuel 15:9 1 Sam 15:3, 15, 19 ↩

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