1 Samuel 15:7

And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.

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In The King James Version

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

In Context

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.

8He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

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Cross References

Genesis 2:11The name of the first is Pishon, which goes round about all the land of Havilah where there is gold.

Genesis 25:18And their country was from Havilah to Shur which is east of Egypt: they took their place to the east of all their brothers.

1 Samuel 14:48And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.

1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir and Havilah and Jobab. All these were the sons of Joktan.

Ecclesiastes 8:13But it will not be well for the evil-doer; he will not make his days long like a shade, because he has no fear before God.

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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