⁹ And David would strike the land and would leave neither man nor woman alive, but would take away the sheep, the oxen, the donkeys, the camels, and the garments, and come back to Achish.

³ Now go and strike Amalek and ^(A)devote to destruction^[a] all that they have. Do not spare them, ^(B)but kill both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

^7 (A)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from ^(B)Havilah as far as ^(C)Shur, which is east of Egypt.

²¹ Then they ^(A)devoted all in the city to destruction, both men and women, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys, with the edge of the sword.

^17 (A)“Remember what Amalek did to you ^(B)on the way as you came out of Egypt, ¹⁸ how he attacked you on the way when you were faint and weary, and ^(C)cut off your tail, those who were lagging behind you, and he did not fear God. ¹⁹ Therefore ^(D)when the Lord your God has given you rest from all your enemies around you, in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance to possess, you shall ^(E)blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget.

Bitter Water Made Sweet

²² Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of ^(A)Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water.

^18 (A)They settled from Havilah to ^(B)Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria. He settled^[a] over against all his kinsmen.

⁷ The angel of the Lord found her by a spring of water in the wilderness, the spring on the way to ^(A)Shur.