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1 Samuel 15:8

AgagAmalek

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.

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.

10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

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BSB
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
KJV
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
WEB
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
ASV
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
DARBY
And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
BLB
And He took Agag king of the Amalekite alive, and all the people he devoted to destruction with the mouth of the sword.
ÅB
Og han tok Agag, Amaleks konge, levende til fange, og alt folket slo han med bann og drepte dem med sverdets egg.
OTB
Han tok Agag, amalekittenes konge, levende, og ødela fullstendig alt folket med sverdets egg.
B1930
Og han tok Agag, Amaleks konge, levende til fange, og alt folket slo han med bann og drepte dem med sverdets egg.

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  • 1 Samuel 30:1

    On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

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  • Numbers 24:7

    Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted.

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  • Esther 3:1

    After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.

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  • 1 Kings 20:34–42

    Ben-hadad said to him, “I will restore the cities my father took from your father; you may set up your own marketplaces in Damascus, as my father did in Samaria.” “By this treaty I release you,” Ahab replied. So he made a treaty with him and sent him away.

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  • Joshua 11:12

    Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

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  • 1 Samuel 15:3

    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.’”

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  • Joshua 10:39

    And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages. They put them to the sword and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors. Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.

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  • 1 Kings 20:30

    The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.

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