1 Samuel 15:8

And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive,—but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword.

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In The King James Version

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

In Context

7And Saul smote Amalek,—from Havilah, till thou enterest Shur, which is over against Egypt.

9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and the oxen and the lambs, also the fatlings, and all that was good, and would not devote them to destruction,—but, all the cattle that was contemptible and diseased, that, devoted they to destruction.

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Cross References

Numbers 24:7He poureth forth water from his buckets, And, his seed, is among many waters,—And taller than Agag is his King, And exalted is his kingdom.

Joshua 10:39and captured it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and devoted to destruction every soul that was therein, he left not a survivor,—as he had done unto Hebron, so, did he unto Debir, and unto the king thereof, as also he had done unto Libnah, and unto her king.

1 Samuel 15:3Now, go and smite Amalek, and devote ye to destruction all that he hath, and spare him not,—but thou shalt slay both man and woman, both child and suckling, both ox and sheep, both camel and ass.

1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and made a raid against the Geshurites and the Gizrites and the Amalekites,—for, they, were the inhabitants of the land who had been from age-past times, as thou enterest Shur, even as far as the land of Egypt.

1 Kings 20:30And they who were left fled to Aphek, into the city, and the wall fell upon twenty-seven thousand men who were left,—and, Ben-hadad, fled, and came into the city, into a chamber within a chamber.

Esther 3:1After these things, did King Ahasuerus promote to power Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and exalted him,—and placed his seat above all the rulers who were with him.

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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