1 Samuel 15:8 - Easy To Read Version

⁸ Agag was the king of the Amalekites. Saul captured Agag alive. Saul let Agag live, but he killed all the men in Agag’s army.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ And he took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, though he utterly destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁸ And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Common English Bible

⁸ He captured Agag the Amalekite king alive, but Saul placed all the people under the ban, killing them with the sword.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.

1 Samuel 15:8 Cross References

2 Samuel 8:12

David defeated Aram, Moab, Ammon, Philistia, and Amalek. David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah.

1 Kings 20:30

The survivors ran away to the city of Aphek. The wall of the city fell on 27,000 of those soldiers. Ben Hadad also ran away to the city. He hid in a room.

1 Chronicles 4:43

There were only a few Amalekite people still living. And these Simeonite people killed them. Since that time until now those Simeonite people have lived in Seir.

Esther 3:1

After these things happened, King Xerxes honored Haman. Haman was the son of a man named Hammedatha, the Agagite. The king promoted Haman and gave him a place of honor more important than any of the other leaders.

Leviticus 27:29

“If that special kind of gift [469] to the Lord is a person, then that person cannot be bought back. That person must be killed.

Numbers 24:7

You will always have enough water, enough water for your seeds to grow. Your king will be greater than king Agag. Your kingdom will be very great.

Joshua 10:39

They captured that city, its king, and all the little towns near Debir. They killed every person in that city. No one was left alive there. The people of Israel did to Debir and its king the same thing they did to Hebron and its king. This was the same thing they had done to Libnah and its king.

Joshua 11:12

Joshua captured all of these cities. He killed all of their kings. Joshua completely destroyed everything in these cities. He did this the way Moses, the Lord’s servant, had commanded.

Joshua 8:23

But the king of Ai was left alive. Joshua’s men brought him to Joshua.

1 Samuel 15:20

Saul said, “But I did obey the Lord! I went where the Lord sent me. I destroyed all the Amalekites! I brought back only one person—their king Agag.

1 Samuel 15:3

Now, go fight against the Amalekites. You must completely destroy the Amalekites and everything that belongs to them. Don’t let anything live; you must kill all the men and women and all of their children and little babies. You must kill all of their cows and sheep and all of their camels and donkeys.’”

1 Samuel 22:19

Nob was the city of the priests. Doeg killed all the people of Nob. Doeg used his sword and killed men, women, children and small babies. And Doeg killed their cows, donkeys, and sheep.

1 Samuel 30:1

On the third day, David and his men arrived at Ziklag. They saw that the Amalekites had attacked Ziklag. The Amalekites invaded the Negev area. They attacked Ziklag and burned the city.