1 Samuel 15:3

God's Word

Now go and attack Amalek. Claim everything they have for God by destroying it. Don’t spare them, but kill men and women, infants and children, cows and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

Cross References

Genesis 36:12

Timna was a concubine  of Esau’s son Eliphaz. She gave birth to Amalek for Eliphaz. These were the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

2 Samuel 1:8

“He asked me, ‘Who are you?’ “I said to him, ‘I’m an Amalekite.’

Exodus 17:14

The Lord said to Moses, “Write this reminder on a scroll, and make sure that Joshua hears it, too: I will completely erase any memory of the Amalekites from the earth.”

Exodus 20:5

Never worship them or serve them, because I, the Lord your God, am a God who does not tolerate rivals. I punish children for their parents’ sins to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me.

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw the Amalekites and delivered this message: “Amalek was first among the nations, but in the end it will be destroyed.”

Numbers 31:17

So kill all the Midianite boys and every Midianite woman who has gone to bed with a man.

Joshua 10:39

He captured it and its king and all its neighboring villages and killed everyone. So they claimed them all for the Lord by destroying them. There were no survivors. He did the same thing to Debir and its king that he had done to Hebron and Libnah and their kings.

1 Samuel 14:48

He acted forcefully and defeated Amalek. He rescued Israel from the enemies who looted their possessions.

1 Samuel 15:18

And the Lord sent you on a mission. He said, ‘Claim those sinners, the Amalekites, for me by destroying them. Wage war against them until they’re wiped out.’

1 Samuel 15:9

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.

1 Samuel 22:19

He also killed the people of Nob, the city of the priests. Using ⌞his⌟ sword, he killed men and women, children and infants, cows, donkeys, and sheep.

1 Samuel 27:9

Whenever David attacked the territory, he left no man or woman alive. He also took sheep, cattle, donkeys, camels, and clothing and returned to Achish.

1 Samuel 30:17

From dawn until evening the next day, David attacked them. No one escaped except 400 young men who rode away on camels.