1 Samuel 15:3

Plain English Version

So, Saul, I want you mob to go and kill the Amalek mob dead. Burn everything that belongs to them. Kill everything until there’s nothing left. Kill the men, women, kids, babies, bulls, cows, sheep, camels, and donkeys too. Kill everything. That’s the way you have to give them all to me.’ ”

Cross References

Genesis 36:12

Esau’s son Elifaz had another son too. His name was Amalek, and his mother’s name was Timna. That woman Timna, she was like another wife for Elifaz. All those men were Elifaz’s sons. They were the grand-sons of Esau and his wife Adah.

1 Samuel 15:18

And then he told you to kill all those bad Amalek people. He told you to finish them up properly.

1 Samuel 15:9

They kept him alive. They also kept a lot of the animals alive. They took all the good sheep and goats, and all the good cows and bulls, and their young ones too. They only killed the rubbish animals dead. They didn’t finish all the animals properly.

1 Samuel 22:19

Then he went to Nob, the town where Ahimelek’s family lived. They were the people who used to look after God’s ceremonies. Doeg killed dead everybody there too. He killed men dead, also women, kids, babies, bulls, donkeys, and sheep. He killed everything dead.