1 Samuel 15:5
Saul advanced on the town of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
In Context
4Saul called up his army at Telem. There were 200,000 Israelite infantry and 10,000 men from Judah.
Cross References
Joshua 8:12He took about five thousand men and had them lie in ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the town.
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 →