1 Samuel 15:5

And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

In Context

4And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten thousand men of Judah.

6And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction will overtake you with them: for you were kind to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt. So the Kenites went away from among the Amalekites.

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Cross References

Joshua 8:12And taking about five thousand men, he put them in position for a surprise attack on the west side of Ai, between Beth-el and Ai.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:2-10

The Amalekites Destroyed. ( b. c. 1065.) 1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the Lord . 2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.… Read the whole commentary →

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