1 Samuel 15:2-4
Holman Christian Standard Bible
2 This is what the Lord of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed[a] what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.(A) 3 Now go and attack the Amalekites and completely destroy everything they have.(B) Do not spare them. Kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”(C)
4 Then Saul summoned the troops and counted them at Telaim: 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.
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- 1 Samuel 15:2 LXX reads I will avenge
1 Samuel 15:2-4
New King James Version
2 Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, (A)how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and (B)attack[a] Amalek, and (C)utterly destroy all that they have, and do not spare them. But kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’ ”
4 So Saul gathered the people together and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah.
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- 1 Samuel 15:3 Lit. strike
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