And Saul came to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the [a]wadi. But Saul said to (A)the Kenites, “Go, get away, go down from among the Amalekites, so that I do not destroy you along with them; for (B)you showed kindness to all the sons of Israel when they went up from Egypt.” So the Kenites got away from among the Amalekites. Then (C)Saul [b]defeated the Amalekites, from (D)Havilah [c]going toward (E)Shur, which is [d]east of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 15:5 Or valley
  2. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit struck
  3. 1 Samuel 15:7 Lit as you go
  4. 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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