1 Samuel 15:2

Thus said the Lord of hosts, Now will I take vengeance for what Amalek did to Israel, when he met him in the way as he came up out of Egypt.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to anoint thee king over Israel: and now hear the voice of the Lord.

3And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalek and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass.

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Cross References

Exodus 17:8And Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

Numbers 24:20And having seen Amalek, he took up his parable and said, 1 Amalek is the first of the nations; 1 Yet his seed shall perish.

Jeremiah 31:34From the cry of Heshbon even to Aetam their cities uttered their voice, from Zoar to Horonaim, and their tidings as a heifer of three years old, for the water also of Nimrim shall be dried up.

Amos 8:7The Lord swears against the pride of Jacob, None of your works shall ever be forgotten.

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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