Scripture · Old Testament
1 Samuel 15:7
1 Samuel 15:7 is verse 7 of 1 Samuel chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
King James Version
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.
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1 Samuel 15:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible
5 Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
6 And 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.
7 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
8 He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
9 Saul 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.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Samuel 14:48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Genesis 25:18Ishmael’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.
1 Samuel 27:8Now 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.)
Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.