And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and [a]set watch at the river.

And Saul said unto the [b]Kenites, Go, depart, and get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed [c]mercy to all the children of Israel, when they came up from Egypt: and the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

So Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, as thou comest to Shur, that is before Egypt,

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:5 Or, fought in the valley.
  2. 1 Samuel 15:6 Which were the posterity of Jethro Moses’ father-in-law.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:6 For Jethro came to visit them, and gave them good counsel, Exod. 18:19.

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