1 Samuel 15:3

New International Version

³Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally^(A) destroy^[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.

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1 Samuel 15:9

New International Version

⁹But Saul and the army spared^(A) 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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1 Kings 20:42

New International Version

⁴²He said to the king, “This is what the Lord says: ‘You^(A) have set free a man I had determined should die.^[a]^(B) Therefore it is your life for his life,^(C) your people for his people.’”