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

So Saul summoned the people and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand men on foot, and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley. 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. (C)And Saul defeated the Amalekites from (D)Havilah as far as (E)Shur, which is east of Egypt. And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive (F)and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. (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. 1 Samuel 15:9 The meaning of the Hebrew term is uncertain