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

Saul summoned the army and mustered them at Telaim; two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. Then Saul came up to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.[a] Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you with them. You have shown loyal love to all the Israelites[b] when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites left from among the Amalekites. Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which is east of[c] Egypt. He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the edge[d] of the sword. However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second best of the young fatlings and all that was valuable;[e] they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:5 A valley that is usually dry but contains a stream during the rainy season
  2. 1 Samuel 15:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. 1 Samuel 15:7 Literally “upon the face of”
  4. 1 Samuel 15:8 Literally “mouth”
  5. 1 Samuel 15:9 Literally “all the good things