1 Samuel 15:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 (A)He warned the Kenites: “Leave Amalek, turn aside and come down so I will not have to destroy you with them, for you were loyal to the Israelites when they came up from Egypt.”[a] After the Kenites left, 7 Saul routed Amalek from Havilah to the approaches of Shur, on the frontier of Egypt.(B) 8 He took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but the rest of the people he destroyed by the sword, putting them under the ban.
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- 15:6 The Kenites honored the terms of an alliance with Israel.
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