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This is what the Lord of the Heavenly Armies says: ‘I’ll punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, when he set himself against Israel[a] in the way, as they were going up from Egypt. Now, go and attack Amalek. Completely destroy[b] all that they have. Don’t spare them, but put to death both man and woman, child and infant, both ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Saul summoned the people and mustered them in Telaim, 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men from Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:2 Lit. him
  2. 1 Samuel 15:3 The Heb. term destroy involved consecration of things or people to the Lord either by destruction or by an offering; and so throughout the chapter