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

5And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi. 6But Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, get away, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites got away from among the Amalekites. Then Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah going toward Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and completely 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 more valuable animals, the lambs, and everything that was good, and were unwilling to destroy them completely; but everything despicable and weak, that they completely destroyed.

1 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
• goingבּוֹאbô' · 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 14:48And he acted valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, and saved Israel from the hands of those who plundered them.
• Job 21:30For the wicked person is spared a day of disaster; They are led away from a day of fury.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not go well for the evil person 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 going toward Assyria; he settled in defiance of all his relatives.
• 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and attacked the Geshurites, 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

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