1 Samuel 15:7-9
GOD’S WORD Translation
7 Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt. 8 He captured King Agag of Amalek alive. But he claimed all the people for God by destroying them. 9 Saul and the army spared Agag and the best sheep and cows, the fattened animals, the lambs, and all the best ⌞property⌟. The army refused to claim them for God by destroying them. But everything that was worthless and weak the army did claim for God and destroy.
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1 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(C) king of the Amalekites alive,(D) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(E) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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