Tree of Life Version
1 Samuel 15:7
7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, which is close to Egypt.
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 advanced to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6Then Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, or else I may destroy you with them—for you showed kindness to all Bnei-Yisrael when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites. Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, which is close to Egypt. 8He captured King Agag of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag as well as the best of the sheep, the cattle, even the fatlings and the lambs, and all that was good, since they were not willing to utterly destroy them; everything that was worthless and feeble, they destroyed completely.
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
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 did so with valor, defeating the Amalekites and delivering Israel from the hands of those who had plundered them.
- Job 21:30that the wicked are spared for the day of calamity that they are brought to the day of wrath?
- Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not go well with the wicked, 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, the one that winds around the whole land of the Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 25:18Then they dwelled from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt as you go toward Assyria. Over against all his brothers he fell.
- 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Gizrites and the Amalekites, for those were inhabitants of the region from ancient times, as you go all the way from Shur and as far as the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 16:7Then the angel of Adonai found her by the spring of water in the wilderness, next to 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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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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