1 Samuel 15:18

And the Lord sent you on a journey, and said to you, Go, and utterly destroy: you shall kill the sinners against me, even the Amalekites; and you shall war against them until you have consumed them.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

And the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

In Context

17And Samuel said to Saul, Are you not little in his eyes, though a leader of + 15:17 Gr. staff of a tribe. A double rendering of שבט i.e. both staff and tribe. one of the tribes of Israel? and yet the Lord anointed you to be king over Israel.

19And why did not you listen to the voice of the Lord, but did haste to fasten upon the spoils, and did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord?

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13But the men of Sodom were evil, and exceedingly sinful before God.

Numbers 16:38of these sinners against their own souls, and do you make them beaten plates a covering to the altar, because they were brought before the Lord and hallowed; and they became a sign to the children of Israel.

Proverbs 10:29The fear of the Lord is a strong hold of the saints: but ruin comes to them that work wickedness.

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 15:11-24

Samuel Reproves Saul; Saul Rejected of God. ( b. c. 1065.) 10 Then came the word of the Lord unto Samuel, saying, 11 It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the Lord all night. 12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and, behold, he set him up a place, and is gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal. 13… Read the whole commentary →

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