KJV King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them on their way up from Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
Thus says Yahweh of Armies, ‘I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
‘Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 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.
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.
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.
4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
כֹּ֤הH3541 · kohthusאָמַר֙H559 · a.marto sayיְהוָ֣הH3068 · ye.ho.vahLORDצְבָא֔וֹתH6635 · tsa.vaarmyפָּקַ֕דְתִּיH6485 · pa.qadto reckon: listאֵ֛תH853 · et[Obj.]אֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichעָשָׂ֥הH6213 · a.sahto make: doעֲמָלֵ֖קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לH3478 · yis.ra.elIsraelאֲשֶׁר־H834 · a.sherwhichשָׂ֥םH7760 · sumto set: makeלוֹ֙H9033 · ohimבַּדֶּ֔רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductבַּעֲלֹת֖וֹH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseמִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 25:17-19Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;Numbers 24:20And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek [was] the first of the nations; but his latter end [shall be] that he perish for ever.Exodus 17:8-16Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim.Hosea 7:2And they consider not in their hearts [that] I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.Amos 8:7The LORD hath sworn by the excellency of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their works.Jeremiah 31:34And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
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