1 Samuel 15:18

So then Yahweh sent thee on a journey,—and said—Go, and devastate to destruction, the sinners—the Amalekites, and make war against them, until they have consumed them.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, Was it not, when, little, thou wast in thine own eyes, that thou wast made, head of the tribes of Israel,—and that Yahweh anointed thee to be king over Israel?

19Wherefore, then, didst thou not hearken unto the voice of Yahweh,—but didst rush upon the spoil, and do that which was wrong in the sight of Yahweh?

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Cross References

Genesis 13:13Now, the men of Sodom were base and sinful,—against Yahweh, exceedingly.

Numbers 16:38As for the censers of these sinners against their own persons, they shall be made into beaten-out plates as an overlay for the altar, for they had brought them near before Yahweh and hallowed them,—so shall they become a sign unto the sons of Israel.

Proverbs 10:29A refuge for the blameless, is the path of Yahweh, but, destruction, [awaiteth] the workers of iniquity.

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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