of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
1 Samuel 15:8 - Y'all Version Bible He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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 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) 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 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 And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword. |
of Syria, of Moab, of the children of Ammon, of the Philistines, of Amalek, and of the plunder of Hadadezer, son of Rehob, king of Zobah.
But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand men who were left. Ben Hadad fled and came into the city, into an inner room.
They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.
After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
“‘No one devoted to destruction is to be ransomed. They must be executed-executed.
Water will flow from his buckets. His seed will be in many waters. His king will be higher than Agag. His kingdom will be exalted.
He took it, with its king and all its cities. They struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls who were in it. He left no one remaining. As he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to its king; as he had done also to Libnah, and to its king.
Joshua captured all the cities of those kings, with their kings, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of YHWH commanded.
Saul said to Samuel, “But I have obeyed YHWH’s voice, and have gone the way which YHWH sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.
Now go and strike Amalek. Y’all are to totally destroy all that they have. Don’t spare them, but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
He struck Nob, the city of the priests, with the edge of the sword—both men and women, children and nursing babies, and cattle, donkeys, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
When David and his men had come to Ziklag on the third day, the Amalekites had made a raid on the South and on Ziklag, and had struck Ziklag and burned it with fire,