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

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Parallel Verses

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

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

New American Standard Bible
So Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go 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.

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

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

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

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

Darby Bible Translation
And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.

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

Cross References

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.

Genesis 25:18
And they dwelled from Havilah to Shur, that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brothers.

Exodus 15:22
So 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.

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.

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 you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

1 Samuel 30:1
And it came to pass, when David and his men were come to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and smitten Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

1 Chronicles 4:43
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelled there to this day.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

15:1-9 The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had gone forth long before, Ex 17:14; De 25:19, but they had been spared till they filled up the measure of their sins. We are sure that the righteous Lord does no injustice to any. The remembering the kindness of the ancestors of the Kenites, in favour to them, at the time God was punishing the injuries done by the ancestors of the Amalekites, tended to clear the righteousness of God in this dispensation. It is dangerous to be found in the company of God's enemies, and it is our duty and interest to come out from among them, lest we share in their sins and plagues, Re 18:4. As the commandment had been express, and a test of Saul's obedience, his conduct evidently was the effect of a proud, rebellious spirit. He destroyed only the refuse, that was good for little. That which was now destroyed was sacrificed to the justice of God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

1Sa 15:7-9. He Spares Agag and the Best of the Spoil.

7-9. Saul smote the Amalekites—His own view of the proper and expedient course to follow was his rule, not the command of God.