1 Samuel 15:7-9
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7 Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.(A) 8 He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.(B) 9 Saul and the people spared Agag and the best of the sheep and of the cattle and of the fatted calves,[a] and the lambs, and all that was valuable and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.(C)
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- 15.9 Cn: Heb the second ones
1 Samuel 15:7-9
New International Version
7 Then Saul attacked the Amalekites(A) all the way from Havilah to Shur,(B) near the eastern border of Egypt. 8 He took Agag(C) king of the Amalekites alive,(D) and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword. 9 But Saul and the army spared(E) Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves[a] and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
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- 1 Samuel 15:9 Or the grown bulls; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
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