1 Samuel 15:7
So Saul smote the Amalekites from Hauilah as thou commest to Shur, that is before Egypt,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 2:11The name of one is Pishon: the same compasseth the whole land of Hauilah, where is golde.
Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Hauilah vnto Shur, that is towardes Egypt, as thou goest to Asshur. Ishmael dwelt in the presence of all his brethren.
1 Samuel 14:48He gathered also an hoste and smote Amalek, and deliuered Israel out of the handes of them that spoyled them.
1 Chronicles 1:23And Ophir, and Hauilah and Iobab: all these were the sonnes of Ioktan.
Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well to the wicked, neither shall he prolong his dayes: he shall be like a shadowe, because he feareth not 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 →