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1 Samuel 15:7

SaulEgyptHavilah (of Arabia)Shur

5 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.

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

9 Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.

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BSB
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
KJV
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
WEB
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
ASV
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
DARBY
And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
BLB
and Saul struck the Amalekite from Havilah all the way to Shur, which [is] on the face of Egypt.
ÅB
Saul slo amalekittene og forfulgte dem fra Havila til bortimot Sur, som ligger østenfor Egypt.
OTB
Da slo Saul amalekittene fra Havila så langt du går til Shur, som ligger øst for Egypt.
B1930
Saul slo amalekittene og forfulgte dem fra Havila til bortimot Sur, som ligger østenfor Egypten.

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Cross references

  • Genesis 25:18

    Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

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  • Genesis 16:7

    Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.

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  • 1 Samuel 14:48

    He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

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  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

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  • Genesis 2:11

    The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.

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  • Exodus 15:22

    Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

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  • Ecclesiastes 8:13

    Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.

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  • Job 21:30

    Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.

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