1 Samuel 15:7
New International Version
Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt.

New Living Translation
Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.

English Standard Version
And Saul defeated the Amalekites from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

King James Bible
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

New King James Version
And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

New American Standard Bible
Then Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah going toward Shur, which is east of Egypt.

NASB 1995
So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

NASB 1977
So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Legacy Standard Bible
So Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Amplified Bible
Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

American Standard Version
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And Shaul struck Amaleeq from Khaweela that is in the entrance of Shood, which is before Egypt

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And Saul smote Amalec from Evilat to Sur fronting Egypt.

Contemporary English Version
and Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is just east of Egypt.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.

English Revised Version
And Saul Smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt.

Good News Translation
Saul defeated the Amalekites, fighting all the way from Havilah to Shur, east of Egypt;

International Standard Version
Saul attacked the Amalekites from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt.

Literal Standard Version
And Saul strikes Amalek from Havilah [to] your going to Shur, which [is] on the front of Egypt,

Majority Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

New American Bible
Saul routed Amalek from Havilah to the approaches of Shur, on the frontier of Egypt.

NET Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt.

New Revised Standard Version
Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.

New Heart English Bible
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

Webster's Bible Translation
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

World English Bible
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.

Young's Literal Translation
And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Saul's Disobedience
6And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites. 7Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt. 8He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.…

Cross References
Genesis 16:7
Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert--the spring along the road to Shur.

Genesis 25:18
Ishmael's descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.

Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.

1 Samuel 14:48
He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.

1 Samuel 27:8
Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)

1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men arrived in Ziklag, and the Amalekites had raided the Negev, attacked Ziklag, and burned it down.

1 Chronicles 4:43
and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.


Treasury of Scripture

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

smote

1 Samuel 14:48
And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

Job 21:30
That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

Ecclesiastes 8:13
But 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.

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

Genesis 25:18
And 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.

Shur

1 Samuel 27:8
And 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.

Genesis 16:7
And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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1 Samuel 15
1. Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek
6. Saul favors the Kenites
7. He spares Agag and the best of the spoil
10. Samuel denounces unto Saul God's rejection of him for his disobedience
24. Saul's humiliation
32. Samuel kills Agag
34. Samuel and Saul part














(7) From Havilah until thou comest to Shur.--The Havilah here alluded to cannot be now identified. Shur, which signifies "wall," probably refers to the wall which crossed the north-east frontier of Egypt, extending from Pelusium, past Migdol, to Hevo. Ebers suggests that this wall gave to Egypt the name of "Mizraini," the enclosed, or fortified.

Verse 7. - From Havilah until thou comest to Shur. Hebrew, "from Havilah as thou goest towards Shur." It seems impossible that this Havilah can be the northwestern portion of Yemen, called Chawlan, and identified with the Havilah of Genesis 10:7, 29, as this would make Saul smite them from southeast to northwest. Shur, which means wall, is, as Wellhausen (Text 1 samuel 9:7) observes, originally the name of the wall which ran from Pelusium past Migdol to Hero, and which gave to Egypt, as Ebers thinks, its name Mizraim, the enclosed or fortified. Shur is again mentioned in 1 Samuel 27:8 as indicating the direction towards Egypt of the region occupied by the Amalekites. Havilah, which means circle, must have been some spot on the route to the isthmus of Suez, lying on the edge of the wilderness to the south of Judah, where Saul commenced his foray. Beginning thus upon the borders of Judaea, Saul continued his devastations up to the limits of Egypt.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Then Saul
שָׁא֖וּל (šā·’ūl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 7586: Saul -- first king of Israel, also an Edomite and two Israelites

struck down
וַיַּ֥ךְ (way·yaḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 5221: To strike

the Amalekites
עֲמָלֵ֑ק (‘ă·mā·lêq)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity

all the way
בּוֹאֲךָ֣ (bō·w·’ă·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

from Havilah
מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙ (mê·ḥă·wî·lāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 2341: Havilah -- a son of Cush, also a son of Joktan, also territories of uncertain location

to Shur,
שׁ֔וּר (šūr)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 7793: Shur -- a desert region Southwest of Palestine on eastern border of Egypt

which is
אֲשֶׁ֖ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

east
פְּנֵ֥י (pə·nê)
Noun - common plural construct
Strong's 6440: The face

of Egypt.
מִצְרָֽיִם׃ (miṣ·rā·yim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 4714: Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa


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