New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Samuel 15:2-9
2ThisH3541 isH3541 whatH3541 the LordH3068 of armiesH6635 saysH559: ‘I will 1punishH6485 AmalekH6002 2for whatH834 he didH6213 to IsraelH3478, in that he obstructedH7760 him on the wayH1870 while he was comingH5927 upH5927 from EgyptH4714. 3NowH6258 goH1980 and strikeH5221 AmalekH6002 and 3completelyH2763 destroyH2763 everythingH3605 that he has, and do not spareH2550 him; but 4putH4191 toH4191 deathH4191 bothH4480 manH376 and womanH802, childH5768 and infantH3243, oxH7794 and sheepH7716, camelH1581 and donkeyH2543.’”
4Then SaulH7586 summonedH8085 the peopleH5971 and 5countedH6485 them in 6TelaimH2923: twoH3967 hundredH3967 thousandH505 footH7273 soldiersH7273 and tenH6235 thousandH505 menH376 of JudahH3063. 5And SaulH7586 cameH935 to the cityH5892 of AmalekH6002 and setH693 anH693 ambushH693 in the 7wadiH5158. 6But SaulH7586 saidH559 to 8the KenitesH7017, “GoH1980, getH5493 awayH5493, goH3381 downH3381 from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6003, so that I do not destroyH622 you alongH5973 withH5973 them; for 9you showedH6213 kindnessH2617 to allH3605 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 when they wentH5927 upH5927 from EgyptH4714.” So the KenitesH7017 gotH5493 awayH5493 from amongH8432 the AmalekitesH6002. 7Then 10SaulH7586 11defeatedH5221 the AmalekitesH6002, from 12HavilahH2341 13goingH935 toward 14ShurH7793, whichH834 is 15eastH5921H6440 of EgyptH4714. 8He capturedH8610 16AgagH90 the kingH4428 of the AmalekitesH6002 aliveH2416, and 17completelyH2763 destroyedH2763 allH3605 the peopleH5971 with the edgeH6310 of the swordH2719. 9But SaulH7586 and the peopleH5971 18sparedH2550 AgagH90 and the bestH4315 of the sheepH6629, the oxenH1241, the moreH4932 valuableH4932 animals, the lambsH3733, and everythingH3605 that was goodH2896, and were unwillingH3808H14 to destroyH2763 them completelyH2763; but everythingH3605H4399 despicableH959 and weakH4549, that they completelyH2763 destroyedH2763.
Notes
- 1. 1 Samuel 15:2 Or visit ↩
- 2. 1 Samuel 15:2 Ex 17:8-16; Num 24:20; Deut 25:17-19 ↩
- 3. 1 Samuel 15:3 Num 24:20; Deut 20:16-18; Josh 6:17-21 ↩
- 4. 1 Samuel 15:3 1 Sam 22:19 ↩
- 5. 1 Samuel 15:4 Lit mustered ↩
- 6. 1 Samuel 15:4 Josh 15:24 ↩
- 7. 1 Samuel 15:5 Or valley ↩
- 8. 1 Samuel 15:6 Num 24:21; Judg 1:16; 4:11 ↩
- 9. 1 Samuel 15:6 Ex 18:9, 10; Num 10:29-32 ↩
- 10. 1 Samuel 15:7 1 Sam 14:48 ↩
- 11. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit struck ↩
- 12. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 25:18 ↩
- 13. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit as you go ↩
- 14. 1 Samuel 15:7 Gen 16:7; Ex 15:22; 1 Sam 27:8 ↩
- 15. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before ↩
- 16. 1 Samuel 15:8 Num 24:7; 1 Sam 15:20; Esth 3:1 ↩
- 17. 1 Samuel 15:8 1 Sam 27:8, 9; 30:1; 2 Sam 8:12 ↩
- 18. 1 Samuel 15:9 1 Sam 15:3, 15, 19 ↩
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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