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Saul went to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi. (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, Saul routed Amalek from Havilah to the approaches of Shur, on the frontier of Egypt.(B)

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  1. 15:6 The Kenites honored the terms of an alliance with Israel.

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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