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1 Samuel 15:2-4
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2 Here is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has said: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed[a] Israel along the way when Israel[b] came up from Egypt. 3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything they have. Don’t spare[c] them. Put them to death—man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”

4 So Saul assembled[d] the army[e] and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:2 tn Heb “what Amalek did to Israel, how he placed against him.”
  2. 1 Samuel 15:2 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  3. 1 Samuel 15:3 tn Or perhaps “don’t take pity on” (cf. CEV).
  4. 1 Samuel 15:4 tn Heb “caused the people to hear.”
  5. 1 Samuel 15:4 tn Heb “people.”
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1 Samuel 15:2-4
New International Version

2 This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites(A) for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt. 3 Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(B) destroy[a] all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”

4 So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:3 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20 and 21.
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