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1 Samuel 15:8-9
English Standard Version
1 Samuel 15:8-9
English Standard Version
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive (A)and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 (B)But Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the oxen and of the fattened calves[a] and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them. All that was despised and worthless they devoted to destruction.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain
1 Samuel 15:8-9
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:8-9
New International Version
8 He took Agag(A) king of the Amalekites alive,(B) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(C) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
1 Samuel 15:8-9
King James Version
1 Samuel 15:8-9
King James Version
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
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