Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. New Living Translation He captured Agag, the Amalekite king, but completely destroyed everyone else. English Standard Version And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. Berean Standard Bible He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. King James Bible And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. New King James Version He also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. New American Standard Bible He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. NASB 1995 He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. NASB 1977 And he captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Legacy Standard Bible And he seized Agag the king of the Amalekites alive and devoted to destruction all the people with the edge of the sword. Amplified Bible He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, though he totally destroyed all [the rest of] the people with the sword. Christian Standard Bible He captured King Agag of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword. Holman Christian Standard Bible He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but he completely destroyed all the rest of the people with the sword. American Standard Version And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And he seized Agag, King of Amaleq, when he was alive, and he destroyed all the people with the mouth of the sword Brenton Septuagint Translation And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive, and he slew all the people and Hierim with the edge of the sword. Contemporary English Version Every Amalekite was killed except King Agag. Douay-Rheims Bible And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword. English Revised Version And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. GOD'S WORD® Translation He captured King Agag of Amalek alive. But he claimed all the people for God by destroying them. Good News Translation he captured King Agag of Amalek alive and killed all the people. International Standard Version He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords. JPS Tanakh 1917 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Literal Standard Version and he catches Agag king of Amalek alive, and he has devoted all the people by the mouth of the sword; Majority Standard Bible He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword. New American Bible He took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, but the rest of the people he destroyed by the sword, putting them under the ban. NET Bible He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword. New Revised Standard Version He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. New Heart English Bible He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Webster's Bible Translation And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. World English Bible He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Young's Literal Translation and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword; Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Saul's Disobedience…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. 9Saul and his troops spared Agag, along with the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs, and the best of everything else. They were unwilling to destroy them, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.… Cross References Numbers 24:7 Water will flow from his buckets, and his seed will have abundant water. His king will be greater than Agag, and his kingdom will be exalted. 1 Samuel 15:20 "But I did obey the LORD," Saul replied. "I went on the mission that the LORD gave me. I brought back Agag king of Amalek and devoted the Amalekites to destruction. 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 27:9 Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish, 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. 2 Samuel 8:12 from Edom and Moab, from the Ammonites and Philistines and Amalekites, and from the spoil of Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah. 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 he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. Agag 1 Samuel 15:3 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. Numbers 24:7 He shall pour the water out of his buckets, and his seed shall be in many waters, and his king shall be higher than Agag, and his kingdom shall be exalted. 1 Kings 20:30,34-42 But the rest fled to Aphek, into the city; and there a wall fell upon twenty and seven thousand of the men that were left. And Benhadad fled, and came into the city, into an inner chamber… utterly 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. 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; Joshua 10:39 And he took it, and the king thereof, and all the cities thereof; and they smote them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed all the souls that were therein; he left none remaining: as he had done to Hebron, so he did to Debir, and to the king thereof; as he had done also to Libnah, and to her king. Jump to Previous Agag Alive Amalek Amalekites Amal'ekites Captured Catcheth Destroyed Devoted Edge Mercy Mouth Prisoner Sword Totally UtterlyJump to Next Agag Alive Amalek Amalekites Amal'ekites Captured Catcheth Destroyed Devoted Edge Mercy Mouth Prisoner Sword Totally Utterly1 Samuel 15 1. Samuel sends Saul to destroy Amalek6. 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 Verse 8. - He took Agag. This was the official name of the Amalekite kings (see Numbers 24:7), as Pharaoh was that of the kings of Egypt. For its meaning we must wait till we know more about the language of this race. Agag, however, from ver. 32, seems to have been able to speak Hebrew. He utterly destroyed - i.e. put under the ban - all the people. They appear, however, again in 1 Samuel 27:8, and with so vast a wilderness in which to take refuge, it would be impossible really to exterminate a people used to lead a wandering life. Moreover, as soon as Israel began to lay hands on the spoil the pursuit would flag, as the cattle would be killed by over driving. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He capturedוַיִּתְפֹּ֛שׂ (way·yiṯ·pōś) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 8610: To manipulate, seize, chiefly to capture, wield, to overlay, to use unwarrantably Agag אֲגַ֥ג (’ă·ḡaḡ) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 90: Agag -- king of Amalek king מֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Amalek עֲמָלֵ֖ק (‘ă·mā·lêq) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6002: Amalek -- a descendant of Esau, also his posterity alive, חָ֑י (ḥāy) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life but completely destroyed הֶחֱרִ֥ים (he·ḥĕ·rîm) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 2763: To seclude, to devote to religious uses, to be blunt as to the nose all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every the others הָעָ֖ם (hā·‘ām) Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock with the sword. חָֽרֶב׃ (ḥā·reḇ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword Links 1 Samuel 15:8 NIV1 Samuel 15:8 NLT 1 Samuel 15:8 ESV 1 Samuel 15:8 NASB 1 Samuel 15:8 KJV 1 Samuel 15:8 BibleApps.com 1 Samuel 15:8 Biblia Paralela 1 Samuel 15:8 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 15:8 French Bible 1 Samuel 15:8 Catholic Bible OT History: 1 Samuel 15:8 He took Agag the king (1Sa iSam 1 Sam i sa) |
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