Now go and strike Amalek and (A)completely destroy everything that he has, and do not spare him; but (B)put to death both man and woman, child and infant, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”

Then Saul summoned the people and [a]counted them in (C)Telaim: two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand men of Judah. And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the [b]wadi.

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  1. 1 Samuel 15:4 Lit mustered
  2. 1 Samuel 15:5 Or valley

Now go, attack the Amalekites and totally(A) 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.’”

So Saul summoned the men and mustered them at Telaim—two hundred thousand foot soldiers and ten thousand from Judah. Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

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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.