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1 Samuel 15:7-9
Legacy Standard Bible
1 Samuel 15:7-9
Legacy Standard Bible
7 So (A)Saul struck the Amalekites, from (B)Havilah as you go to (C)Shur, which is [a]east of Egypt. 8 And he seized (D)Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and (E)devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. 9 But Saul and the people (F)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 Samuel 15:7 Lit before
1 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
1 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(C) king of the Amalekites alive,(D) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(E) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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