1 Samuel 15:6-8
Lexham English Bible
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[a] 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[b] Egypt. 8 He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the edge[c] of the sword.
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- 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 15:6-8
New International Version
6 Then he said to the Kenites,(A) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(B) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(C) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(D) king of the Amalekites alive,(E) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.
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