Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 400 years afterwards! Nothing could justify such an exterminating decree but the absolute authority of God; and this was given: all the reasons of it we do not know; but this we know well, the Judge of all the earth doeth right. utterly destroy Leviticus 27:28,29 Any thing that is devoted to the Lord, whether it be man, or beast, or field, shall not be sold: neither may it be redeemed. Whatsoever is once consecrated shall be holy of holies to the Lord. . . . Numbers 24:20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed. Deuteronomy 13:15,16 Thou shalt forthwith kill the inhabitants of that city with the edge of the sword, and shalt destroy it and all things that are in it, even the cattle. . . . Deuteronomy 20:16-18 But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live: . . . Joshua 6:17-21 And let this city be an anathema, and all things that are in it, to the Lord. Let only Rahab, the harlot, live, with all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers whom we sent. . . . slay Exodus 20:5 Thou shalt not adore them, nor serve them: I am the Lord thy God, mighty, jealous, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me: Numbers 31:17 Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men. Isaiah 14:21,22 Prepare his children for slaughter for the iniquity of their fathers: they shall not rise up, nor inherit the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities. . . . ox and sheep Genesis 3:17,18 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee, that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work: with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life. . . . Romans 8:20-22 For the creature was made subject to vanity: not willingly, but by reason of him that made it subject, in hope. . . . Context Saul's Disobedience…2Thus saith the Lord of hosts: I have reckoned up all that Amalec hath done to Israel: how he opposed them in the way when they came up out of Egypt. 3Now therefore go, and smite Amalec, and utterly destroy all that he hath: spare him not, nor covet anything that is his: but slay both man and woman, child and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.4So Saul commanded the people, and numbered them as lambs: two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand of the men of Juda.… Cross References Genesis 36:12 And Thamna was the concubine of Eliphaz, the son of Esau: and she bore him Amalech. These are the sons of Ada, the wife of Esau. Exodus 17:14 And the Lord said to Moses: Write this for a memorial in a book, and deliver it to the ears of Josue; for I will destroy the memory of Amalec from under heaven. Numbers 24:20 And when he saw Amalec, he took up his parable, and said: Amalec the beginning of nations, whose latter ends shall be destroyed. Deuteronomy 20:16 But of those cities that shall be given thee, thou shalt suffer none at all to live: Joshua 6:17 And let this city be an anathema, and all things that are in it, to the Lord. Let only Rahab, the harlot, live, with all that are with her in the house: for she hid the messengers whom we sent. 1 Samuel 14:48 And gathering together an army, he defeated Amalec, and delivered Israel from the hand of them that spoiled them. 1 Samuel 15:9 And Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the flocks of sheep, and of the herds, and the garments and the rams, and all that was beautiful, and would not destroy them: but every thing that was vile, and good for nothing, that they destroyed. 1 Samuel 15:18 And the Lord sent thee on the way, and said: Go, and kill the sinners of Amalec, and thou shalt fight against them until thou hast utterly destroyed them. 1 Samuel 22:19 And Nobe, the city of the priests, he smote with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and ox, and ass, and sheep, with the edge of the sword. 1 Samuel 27:9 And David wasted all the land, and left neither man nor woman alive: and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned and came to Achis. 1 Samuel 30:17 And David slew them from the evening unto the evening of the next day, and there escaped not a man of them, but four hundred young men, who had gotten upon camels, and fled. 2 Samuel 1:8 And he said to me: Who art thou? And I said to him: I am an Amalecite. Lexicon Nowעַתָּה֩ (‘at·tāh) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 6258: At this time go לֵ֨ךְ (lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1980: To go, come, walk and attack וְהִכִּֽיתָ֜ה (wə·hik·kî·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5221: To strike the Amalekites עֲמָלֵ֗ק (‘ă·mā·lêq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity and completely destroy וְהַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ (wə·ha·ḥă·ram·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that belongs to them. ל֔וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew Do not וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no spare תַחְמֹ֖ל (ṯaḥ·mōl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2550: To commiserate, to spare them, עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against but put to death וְהֵמַתָּ֞ה (wə·hê·mat·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4191: To die, to kill men מֵאִ֣ישׁ (mê·’îš) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person and עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while women, אִשָּׁ֗ה (’iš·šāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 802: Woman, wife, female children מֵֽעֹלֵל֙ (mê·‘ō·lêl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5768: A suckling and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while infants, יוֹנֵ֔ק (yō·w·nêq) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 3243: To suck, to give milk oxen מִשּׁ֣וֹר (miš·šō·wr) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7794: A head of cattle (bullock, ox, etcetera) and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while sheep, שֶׂ֔ה (śeh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7716: A member of a, flock, a sheep, goat camels מִגָּמָ֖ל (mig·gā·māl) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1581: A camel and וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while donkeys.’” חֲמֽוֹר׃ (ḥă·mō·wr) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 2543: A male ass Additional Translations Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”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. 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. And now go, and thou shalt smite Amalec and Hierim and all that belongs to him, and thou shalt not save anything of him alive, but thou shalt utterly destroy him: and thou shalt devote him and all his to destruction, and thou shalt spare nothing belonging to him; and thou shalt slay both man and woman, and infant and suckling, and calf and sheep, and camel and ass. Now go and smite Amalek, and destroy utterly all that they have, and spare them not, but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. 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. 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. Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don't spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.'" Now, go, and thou hast smitten Amalek, and devoted all that it hath, and thou hast no pity on it, and hast put to death from man unto woman, from infant unto suckling, from ox unto sheep, from camel unto ass.' 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