CHAPTER EXPLORER
1 Samuel 15
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35 verses in KJV · 309 outgoing cross-reference links
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Opening verses of 1 Samuel 15 (KJV)
15:1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee [to be] king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
15:2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.
15:3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Historical / attribution context
Traditional writer attribution: Samuel
Approximate study chronology: c. 1079 BC
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H3068ye.ho.vahLORD · 28 occurrencesH7586sha.ulSaul · 23 occurrencesH8050she.mu.elSamuel · 22 occurrencesH6002a.ma.leqAmalek · 10 occurrencesH3808lonot · 10 occurrencesH3478yis.ra.elIsrael · 10 occurrencesH8085sha.mato hear: hear · 8 occurrencesH5971ampeople · 8 occurrencesH4428me.lekhking · 8 occurrencesH90a.gagAgag · 7 occurrencesH6963qolvoice · 7 occurrencesH5704adtill · 7 occurrencesH2763cha.ramto devote/destroy · 7 occurrencesH1980ha.lakhto go: went · 7 occurrences
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