Verse 18

1 Samuel 15:18

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18 And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יִּשְׁלָחֲ/ךָ֥ יְהוָ֖ה בְּ/דָ֑רֶךְ וַ/יֹּ֗אמֶר לֵ֣ךְ וְ/הַחֲרַמְתָּ֞ה אֶת הַֽ/חַטָּאִים֙ אֶת עֲמָלֵ֔ק וְ/נִלְחַמְתָּ֣ ב֔/וֹ עַ֥ד כַּלּוֹתָ֖/ם אֹתָֽ/ם

English Translation

And the Lord sent you on a path and said, "Go and devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and you shall fight against them until you have destroyed them."

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Chapter 15 Context

1 And Samuel said to Saul, The Lord sent me to put the holy oil on you and to make you king over his p... Focus ↗

2 The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting agains... Focus ↗

3 Go now and put Amalek to the sword, putting to the curse all they have, without mercy: put to death... Focus ↗

4 And Saul sent for the people and had them numbered in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen and ten t... Focus ↗

5 And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly. Focus ↗

6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go away, take yourselves out from among the Amalekites, or destruction... Focus ↗

7 And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt. Focus ↗

8 He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy. Focus ↗

9 But Saul and the people did not put Agag to death, and they kept the best of the sheep and the oxen... Focus ↗

10 Then the Lord said to Samuel, Focus ↗

11 It is no longer my pleasure for Saul to be king; for he is turned back from going in my ways, and ha... Focus ↗

12 And early in the morning he got up and went to Saul; and word was given to Samuel that Saul had come... Focus ↗

13 And Samuel came to Saul; and Saul said to him, May the blessing of the Lord be with you: I have done... Focus ↗

14 And Samuel said, What then is this sound of the crying of sheep and the noise of oxen which comes to... Focus ↗

15 And Saul said, They have taken them from the Amalekites: for the people have kept the best of the sh... Focus ↗

16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Say no more! Let me give you word of what the Lord has said to me this nig... Focus ↗

17 And Samuel said, Though you may seem little to yourself, are you not head of the tribes of Israel? f... Focus ↗

18 And the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites,...

19 Why then did you not do the orders of the Lord, but by violently taking their goods did evil in the... Focus ↗

20 And Saul said, Truly, I have done the orders of the Lord and have gone the way the Lord sent me; I h... Focus ↗

21 But the people took some of their goods, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which were put to t... Focus ↗

22 And Samuel said, Has the Lord as much delight in offerings and burned offerings as in the doing of h... Focus ↗

23 For to go against his orders is like the sin of those who make use of secret arts, and pride is like... Focus ↗

24 And Saul said to Samuel, Great is my sin: for I have gone against the orders of the Lord and against... Focus ↗

25 So now, let my sin have forgiveness, and go back with me to give worship to the Lord. Focus ↗

26 And Samuel said to Saul, I will not go back with you: for you have put away from you the word of the... Focus ↗

27 And when Samuel was turning round to go away, Saul took the skirt of his robe in his hand, and the c... Focus ↗

28 And Samuel said to him, The Lord has taken away the kingdom of Israel from you this day by force, an... Focus ↗

29 And further, the Glory of Israel will not say what is false, and his purpose may not be changed: for... Focus ↗

30 Then he said, Great is my sin: but still, give me honour now before the heads of my people and befor... Focus ↗

31 So Samuel went back after Saul, and Saul gave worship to the Lord. Focus ↗

32 Then Samuel said, Make Agag, the king of the Amalekites, come here to me. And Agag came to him shaki... Focus ↗

33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women without children, so now your mother will be without c... Focus ↗

34 Then Samuel went to Ramah; and Saul went up to his house in Gibeah, in the land of Saul. Focus ↗

35 And Samuel never saw Saul again till the day of his death; but Samuel was sorrowing for Saul: and it... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: 1 Samuel
Chapter: Chapter 15 (35 verses)
Version: Bible in Basic English

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