1 Samuel 15:5
3 Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
4 So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
6 And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.
7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
- KJV
- And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
- WEB
- Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.
- ASV
- And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
- DARBY
- And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.
- BLB
- And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and he lay in wait in the valley.
- ÅB
- Da Saul kom til amalekittenes by, la han et bakhold i dalen.
- OTB
- Saul kom til Amaleks by og la seg i bakhold i dalen.
- B1930
- Da Saul kom til amalekittenes by, la han et bakhold i dalen.