Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the valley. Saul said to (A)the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you with them; for (B)you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they came up from Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. So (C)Saul [a]defeated the Amalekites, from (D)Havilah as you go to (E)Shur, which is [b]east of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit smote
  2. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit before

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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