1 Samuel 15:7

New International Reader's Version

Saul attacked the Amalekites. He struck them down all the way from Havilah to Shur. Shur was near the eastern border of Egypt.

Cross References

Genesis 16:7

The angel of the Lord found Hagar near a spring of water in the desert. The spring was beside the road to Shur.

Genesis 2:11

The name of the first river is the Pishon. It winds through the whole land of Havilah. Gold is found there.

Genesis 25:18

His children settled in the area between Havilah and Shur. It was near the eastern border of Egypt, as you go toward Ashur. Ishmael’s children weren’t friendly toward any of the tribes related to them.

1 Chronicles 1:23

Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All of them were sons of Joktan.

1 Chronicles 4:43

They killed the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they still live there to this day.

Job 21:30

They’ll tell you that sinful people are spared from the day of trouble. They’ll say that those people are saved from the day when God will judge.

Exodus 15:22

Then Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea. They went into the Desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert. They didn’t find any water there.

Ecclesiastes 8:13

Sinful people don’t respect God. So things won’t go well with them. Like a shadow, they won’t be around very long.

1 Samuel 14:48

He fought bravely. He won the battle over the Amalekites. He saved Israel from the power of those who had carried off what belonged to Israel.

1 Samuel 27:8

Sometimes David and his men would go up and attack the Geshurites. At other times they would attack the Girzites or the Amalekites. All those people had lived in the land that reached all the way to Shur and Egypt. They had been there for a long time.

1 Samuel 30:1

On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag. The Amalekites had attacked the people of the Negev Desert. They had also attacked Ziklag and burned it.