KJV King James Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
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1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
WEB World English Bible
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
ASV American Standard Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah—thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,
Surrounding context — 1 Samuel 15
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.
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all [that was] good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing [that was] vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
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וַיַּ֥ךְH5221 · na.khahto smiteשָׁא֖וּלH7586 · sha.ulSaulאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]עֲמָלֵ֑קH6002 · a.ma.leqAmalekמֵֽחֲוִילָה֙H2341 · cha.vi.lahHavilahבּוֹאֲךָ֣H935 · boto come (in): comeשׁ֔וּרH7793 · shurShurאֲשֶׁ֖רH834 · a.sherwhichעַל־H5921 · aluponפְּנֵ֥יH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמִצְרָֽיִם׃H4714 · mits.ra.yimEgypt
Cross-references
Genesis 16:7And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.Genesis 25:18And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.1 Samuel 14:48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.1 Samuel 27:8And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.Exodus 15:22So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.Genesis 2:11The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;Ecclesiastes 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.Job 21:30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
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