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Then Saul summoned the people and [a]numbered them in (A)Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. And Saul said to (B)the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; (C)you showed lovingkindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. So (D)Saul struck the Amalekites, from (E)Havilah as you go to (F)Shur, which is [b]east of Egypt. And he seized (G)Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and (H)devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. But Saul and the people (I)spared Agag and the best of the sheep, the oxen, the fatlings, the lambs, and all that was good, and they were not willing to devote them to destruction; but everything despised and worthless, that they utterly destroyed.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:4 Lit mustered
  2. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before

Saul summoned the people and mustered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah. Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. Saul told the Kenites, “Withdraw from the Amalekites so that I don’t destroy you with them, for you showed kindness to all the Israelis when they departed from Egypt.” So the Kenites withdrew from the Amalekites. Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords. Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle—the fattened animals and lambs—along with all that was good. They were not willing to completely destroy them, but they did completely destroy everything that was worthless and inferior.

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