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

5Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley. 6Saul sent this warning to the Kenites: “Move away from where the Amalekites live, or you will die with them. For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites packed up and left. Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt. 8He captured Agag, the Amalekite king, but completely destroyed everyone else. 9Saul and his men spared Agag’s life and kept the best of the sheep and goats, the cattle, the fat calves, and the lambs—everything, in fact, that appealed to them. They destroyed only what was worthless or of poor quality.

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 14:48He performed great deeds and conquered the Amalekites, saving Israel from all those who had plundered them.
• Job 21:30Evil people are spared in times of calamity and are allowed to escape disaster.
• Ecclesiastes 8:13The wicked will not prosper, for they do not fear God. Their days will never grow long like the evening shadows.
• Genesis 2:11The first branch, called the Pishon, flowed around the entire land of Havilah, where gold is found.
• Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants occupied the region from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt in the direction of Asshur. There they lived in open hostility toward all their relatives.
• 1 Samuel 27:8David and his men spent their time raiding the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites—people who had lived near Shur, toward the land of Egypt, since ancient times.
• Genesis 16:7The angel of the Lord found Hagar beside a spring of water in the wilderness, along the road 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