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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

Then Saul summoned the people and [a]counted them in (A)Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the [b]wadi. But Saul said to (B)the Kenites, “Go, get away, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for (C)you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites got away from among the Amalekites. Then (D)Saul [c]defeated the Amalekites, from (E)Havilah [d]going toward (F)Shur, which is [e]east of Egypt. He captured (G)Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and (H)completely destroyed 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 more valuable animals, the lambs, and everything that was good, and were unwilling to destroy them completely; but everything despicable and weak, that they completely destroyed.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:4 Lit mustered
  2. 1 Samuel 15:5 Or valley
  3. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit struck
  4. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit as you go
  5. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before