1 Samuel 15:7-9

New International Reader's Version

⁷ Saul attacked the Amalekites. He struck them down all the way from Havilah to Shur. Shur was near the eastern border of Egypt. ⁸ Saul captured Agag, the king of the Amalekites. But he and his men totally destroyed with their swords all Agag’s people. ⁹ So Saul and the army spared Agag. They spared the best of the sheep and cattle. They spared the fat calves and lambs. They spared everything that was valuable. They weren’t willing to completely destroy any of those things. But they totally destroyed everything that was worthless and weak.