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1 Samuel 15:9
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1 Samuel 15:9
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9 But Saul and the army spared(A) 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.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
1 Samuel 15:9
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1 Samuel 15:9
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9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
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1 Samuel 15:19
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1 Samuel 15:19
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19 Why did you not obey the Lord? Why did you pounce on the plunder(A) and do evil in the eyes of the Lord?”
1 Samuel 15:19
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1 Samuel 15:19
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19 Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?
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Genesis 14:23
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Genesis 14:23
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23 that I will accept nothing belonging to you,(A) not even a thread or the strap of a sandal, so that you will never be able to say, ‘I made Abram rich.’
Genesis 14:23
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Genesis 14:23
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23 That I will not take from a thread even to a shoelatchet, and that I will not take any thing that is thine, lest thou shouldest say, I have made Abram rich:
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Joshua 6:17
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Joshua 6:17
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17 The city and all that is in it are to be devoted[a](A) to the Lord. Only Rahab the prostitute(B) and all who are with her in her house shall be spared, because she hid(C) the spies we sent.
Footnotes
- Joshua 6:17 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them; also in verses 18 and 21.
Joshua 6:17
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Joshua 6:17
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17 And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the Lord: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sent.
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1 Samuel 22:19
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1 Samuel 22:19
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19 He also put to the sword(A) Nob,(B) the town of the priests, with its men and women, its children and infants, and its cattle, donkeys and sheep.
1 Samuel 22:19
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1 Samuel 22:19
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19 And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
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1 Samuel 27:9
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1 Samuel 27:9
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9 Whenever David attacked an area, he did not leave a man or woman alive,(A) but took sheep and cattle, donkeys and camels, and clothes. Then he returned to Achish.
1 Samuel 27:9
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1 Samuel 27:9
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9 And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
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1 Samuel 28:18
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1 Samuel 28:18
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18 Because you did not obey(A) the Lord or carry out his fierce wrath(B) against the Amalekites,(C) the Lord has done this to you today.
1 Samuel 28:18
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1 Samuel 28:18
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18 Because thou obeyedst not the voice of the Lord, nor executedst his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore hath the Lord done this thing unto thee this day.
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Esther 3:13
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Esther 3:13
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13 Dispatches were sent by couriers to all the king’s provinces with the order to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews(A)—young and old, women and children—on a single day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar,(B) and to plunder(C) their goods.
Esther 3:13
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Esther 3:13
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13 And the letters were sent by posts into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to take the spoil of them for a prey.
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Esther 9:5
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Esther 9:5
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5 The Jews struck down all their enemies with the sword, killing and destroying them,(A) and they did what they pleased to those who hated them.
Esther 9:5
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Esther 9:5
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5 Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.
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