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Text -- 1 Samuel 15:1-8 (NET)
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Saul Is Rejected as King
15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul , “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel . Now listen to what the Lord says .
15:2 Here is what the Lord of hosts says : ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt .
15:3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites . Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare them. Put them to death – man , woman , child , infant , ox , sheep , camel , and donkey alike.’”
15:4 So Saul assembled the army and mustered them at Telaim . There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah .
15:5 Saul proceeded to the city of Amalek , where he set an ambush in the wadi .
15:6 Saul said to the Kenites , “Go on and leave ! Go down from among the Amalekites ! Otherwise I will sweep you away with them! After all, you were kind to all the Israelites when they came up from Egypt .” So the Kenites withdrew from among the Amalekites .
15:7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur , which is next to Egypt .
15:8 He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive , but he executed all Agag’s people with the sword .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Saul |
Samuel |
Amalekites |
Agag |
Disobedience to God |
Duties of Men |
Retaliation |
Lies and Deceits |
Israel |
GOD, 2 |
SAMUEL, BOOKS OF |
AMALEK; AMALEKITE |
ARABIA |
War |
Amalekite |
Church and State |
Repentance |
Telaim |
Gilgal |
Shur |
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NET Notes: 1Sa 15:2 Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 1Sa 15:6 The translation follows the Syriac Peshitta and Vulgate which assume a reading אֶסִפְךָ (’esf...
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