1 Samuel 15:4-9
Lexham English Bible
4 Saul summoned the army and mustered them at Telaim; two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 Then Saul came up to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.[a] 6 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. 7 Then Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which is east of[c] Egypt. 8 He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the edge[d] of the sword. 9 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 Samuel 15:5 A valley that is usually dry but contains a stream during the rainy season
- 1 Samuel 15:6 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
- 1 Samuel 15:7 Literally “upon the face of”
- 1 Samuel 15:8 Literally “mouth”
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Literally “all the good things”
1 Samuel 15:4-9
English Standard Version
4 So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5 And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 6 Then Saul said to (A)the Kenites, “Go, depart; go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. (B)For you showed kindness to all the people of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7 (C)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from (D)Havilah as far as (E)Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive (F)and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 (G)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
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