1 Samuel 15:6
Saul sent a message to warn the Kenites, “Move out of the area and leave the Amalekites so that I don't destroy you with them, because you showed kindness to all the people of Israel on their way from Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away and left the Amalekites.
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In Context
5Saul advanced on the town of Amalek and set up an ambush in the valley.
7Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, to the east of Egypt.
Cross References
Genesis 18:25No, you can't do something like that! You can't kill the good with the wicked, otherwise you would be treating the good and the wicked in the same way. You can't do that! Isn't the Judge of all the earth going to do the right thing?”
Exodus 18:9Jethro was delighted to hear about all the good things the Lord had done for Israel when he'd saved them from the Egyptians.
Numbers 10:29Moses explained to Hobab, the son of Moses' father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We're leaving for the place of which the Lord promised, ‘I'm going to give it to you.’ Come with us, and we'll be good to you, because the Lord has promised good things to Israel.”
Numbers 16:34When they heard their cries, all the Israelites nearby ran away, shouting, “Watch out! The earth could swallow us too!”
Judges 1:16The descendants of Moses' father-in-law, the Kenite, went with the people of Judah from the city of palms to the wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad where they settled among the people.
Judges 5:24Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite is to be praised the most among women. She deserves praise above all other women who live in tents.
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 →