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Saul said to the Kenites, “Go on and leave! Go down from among the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away[a] with them. After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:6 tc The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסְפָךְ (ʾesfak, “I sweep you away,” from the root סָפָה [safah]) rather than the MT אֹסִפְךָ (ʾosifeka, “I am gathering you,” from the root אָסַף [ʾasaf]).

Then Saul said to (A)the Kenites, (B)“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For (C)you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

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