1 Samuel 15:3

New American Bible - revised edition

Go, now, attack Amalek, and put under the ban everything he has. Do not spare him; kill men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.”

Cross References

Genesis 36:12

Timna was a concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau, and she bore Amalek to Eliphaz. Those were the sons of Adah, the wife of Esau.

2 Samuel 1:8

he asked me, ‘Who are you?’ and I replied, ‘An Amalekite.’

Exodus 17:14

Then the Lord said to Moses: Write this down in a book as something to be remembered, and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek from under the heavens.

Exodus 20:5

you shall not bow down before them or serve them. For I, the Lord, your God, am a jealous God, inflicting punishment for their ancestors’ wickedness on the children of those who hate me, down to the third and fourth generation;

Numbers 24:20

Upon seeing Amalek, Balaam recited his poem: First of the nations is Amalek, but their end is to perish forever.

Numbers 31:17

Now kill, therefore, every male among the children and kill every woman who has had sexual relations with a man.

Joshua 10:39

capturing it with its king and all its cities. They put them to the sword and put under the ban every person in it, leaving no survivors. Thus he did to Debir and its king what he had done to Hebron, as well as to Libnah and its king.

1 Samuel 14:48

and fought bravely. He defeated Amalek and delivered Israel from the hand of those who were plundering them. Saul’s Family.

1 Samuel 15:18

and sent you on a mission, saying: Go and put the sinful Amalekites under a ban of destruction. Fight against them until you have exterminated them.

1 Samuel 15:9

He and his troops spared Agag and the best of the fat sheep and oxen, and the lambs. They refused to put under the ban anything that was worthwhile, destroying only what was worthless and of no account. Samuel Rebukes Saul.

1 Samuel 22:19

Saul also put the priestly city of Nob to the sword, including men and women, children and infants, and oxen, donkeys and sheep. Abiathar Escapes.

1 Samuel 27:9

In attacking the land David would not leave a man or woman alive, but would carry off sheep, oxen, donkeys, camels, and clothes. Then he would return to Achish,

1 Samuel 30:17

From dawn to sundown the next day David attacked them, allowing no one to escape except four hundred young men, who mounted their camels and fled.