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.

Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine. Then he said to the Kenites,(A) “Go away, leave the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you along with them; for you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(B) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(C) near the eastern border of Egypt.

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