Genesis 14:7

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Genesis 14:5–9 · Berean Standard Bible

5 In the fourteenth year, Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him went out and defeated the Rephaites in Ashteroth-karnaim, the Zuzites in Ham, the Emites in Shaveh-kiriathaim,

6 and the Horites in the area of Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is near the desert.

7 Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.

8 Then the king of Sodom, the king of Gomorrah, the king of Admah, the king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar) marched out and arrayed themselves for battle in the Valley of Siddim

9 against Chedorlaomer king of Elam, Tidal king of Goiim, Amraphel king of Shinar, and Arioch king of Ellasar—four kings against five.

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Genesis 16:14

Therefore the well was called Beer-lahai-roi. It is located between Kadesh and Bered.

Genesis 20:1

Now Abraham journeyed from there to the region of the Negev and settled between Kadesh and Shur. While he was staying in Gerar,

Numbers 20:1

In the first month, the whole congregation of Israel entered the Wilderness of Zin and stayed in Kadesh. There Miriam died and was buried.

Deuteronomy 1:19

And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,

Deuteronomy 1:46

For this reason you stayed in Kadesh for a long time—a very long time.

Genesis 36:12

Additionally, Timna, a concubine of Esau’s son Eliphaz, gave birth to Amalek. These are the grandsons of Esau’s wife Adah.

Genesis 36:16

Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. They are the chiefs of Eliphaz in the land of Edom, and they are the grandsons of Adah.

Exodus 17:8

After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.

Exodus 17:9

So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”

Exodus 17:10

Joshua did as Moses had instructed him and fought against the Amalekites, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

Exodus 17:11

As long as Moses held up his hands, Israel prevailed; but when he lowered them, Amalek prevailed.

Exodus 17:12

When Moses’ hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held his hands up, one on each side, so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down.

Exodus 17:13

So Joshua overwhelmed Amalek and his army with the sword.

Exodus 17:14

Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”

Exodus 17:15

And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.

Exodus 17:16

“Indeed,” he said, “a hand was lifted up toward the throne of the LORD. The LORD will war against Amalek from generation to generation.”

Numbers 14:43

For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.”

Numbers 14:45

Then the Amalekites and Canaanites who lived in that part of the hill country came down, attacked them, and routed them all the way to Hormah.

Numbers 24:20

Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”

1 Samuel 15:1

Then Samuel said to Saul, “The LORD sent me to anoint you king over His people Israel. Now therefore, listen to the words of the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:2

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:3

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.’”

1 Samuel 15:4

So Saul summoned the troops and numbered them at Telaim—200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.

1 Samuel 15:5

Saul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.

1 Samuel 15:6

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.

1 Samuel 15:7

Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:8

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

1 Samuel 15:9

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.

1 Samuel 15:10

Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,

1 Samuel 15:11

“I regret that I have made Saul king, for he has turned away from following Me and has not carried out My instructions.” And Samuel was distressed and cried out to the LORD all that night.

1 Samuel 15:12

Early in the morning Samuel got up to confront Saul, but he was told, “Saul has gone to Carmel, and behold, he has set up a monument for himself and has turned and gone down to Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:13

When Samuel reached him, Saul said to him, “May the LORD bless you. I have carried out the LORD’s instructions.”

1 Samuel 15:14

But Samuel replied, “Then what is this bleating of sheep and lowing of cattle that I hear?”

1 Samuel 15:15

Saul answered, “The troops brought them from the Amalekites; they spared the best sheep and cattle to sacrifice to the LORD your God, but the rest we devoted to destruction.”

1 Samuel 15:16

“Stop!” exclaimed Samuel. “Let me tell you what the LORD said to me last night.” “Tell me,” Saul replied.

1 Samuel 15:17

And Samuel said, “Although you were once small in your own eyes, have you not become the head of the tribes of Israel? The LORD anointed you king over Israel

1 Samuel 15:18

and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’

1 Samuel 15:19

So why did you not obey the LORD? Why did you rush upon the plunder and do evil in the sight of the LORD?”

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 15:21

The troops took sheep and cattle from the plunder, the best of the things devoted to destruction, in order to sacrifice them to the LORD your God at Gilgal.”

1 Samuel 15:22

But Samuel declared: “Does the LORD delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as much as in obedience to His voice? Behold, obedience is better than sacrifice, and attentiveness is better than the fat of rams.

1 Samuel 15:23

For rebellion is like the sin of divination, and arrogance is like the wickedness of idolatry. Because you have rejected the word of the LORD, He has rejected you as king.”

1 Samuel 15:24

Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned; I have transgressed the LORD’s commandment and your instructions, because I feared the people and obeyed their voice.

1 Samuel 15:25

Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

1 Samuel 15:26

“I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

1 Samuel 15:27

As Samuel turned to go, Saul grabbed the hem of his robe, and it tore.

1 Samuel 15:28

So Samuel said to him, “The LORD has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor who is better than you.

1 Samuel 15:29

Moreover, the Glory of Israel does not lie or change His mind, for He is not a man, that He should change His mind.”

1 Samuel 15:30

“I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

1 Samuel 15:31

So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

1 Samuel 15:32

Then Samuel said, “Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.” Agag came to him cheerfully, for he thought, “Surely the bitterness of death is past.”

1 Samuel 15:33

But Samuel declared: “As your sword has made women childless, so your mother will be childless among women.” And Samuel hacked Agag to pieces before the LORD at Gilgal.

1 Samuel 15:34

Then Samuel went to Ramah, but Saul went up to his home in Gibeah of Saul.

1 Samuel 15:35

And to the day of his death, Samuel never again visited Saul. Samuel mourned for Saul, and the LORD regretted that He had made Saul king over Israel.

1 Samuel 27:1

David, however, said to himself, “One of these days now I will be swept away by the hand of Saul. There is nothing better for me than to escape to the land of the Philistines. Then Saul will stop searching for me all over Israel, and I will slip out of his hand.”

1 Samuel 27:2

So David set out with his six hundred men and went to Achish son of Maoch, the king of Gath.

1 Samuel 27:3

David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.

1 Samuel 27:4

And when Saul learned that David had fled to Gath, he no longer searched for him.

1 Samuel 27:5

Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”

1 Samuel 27:6

That day Achish gave him Ziklag, and to this day it still belongs to the kings of Judah.

1 Samuel 27:7

And the time that David lived in Philistine territory amounted to a year and four months.

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 27:10

who would ask him, “What have you raided today?” And David would reply, “The Negev of Judah,” or “The Negev of Jerahmeel,” or “The Negev of the Kenites.”

1 Samuel 27:11

David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

1 Samuel 27:12

So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”

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.

1 Samuel 30:2

They had taken captive the women and all who were there, both young and old. They had not killed anyone, but had carried them off as they went on their way.

1 Samuel 30:3

When David and his men came to the city, they found it burned down and their wives and sons and daughters taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:4

So David and the troops with him lifted up their voices and wept until they had no strength left to weep.

1 Samuel 30:5

David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.

1 Samuel 30:6

And David was greatly distressed because the people spoke of stoning him, because the soul of every man grieved for his sons and daughters. But David found strength in the LORD his God.

1 Samuel 30:7

Then David said to Abiathar the priest, the son of Ahimelech, “Bring me the ephod.” So Abiathar brought it to him,

1 Samuel 30:8

and David inquired of the LORD: “Should I pursue these raiders? Will I overtake them?” “Pursue them,” the LORD replied, “for you will surely overtake them and rescue the captives.”

1 Samuel 30:9

So David and his six hundred men went to the Brook of Besor, where some stayed behind

1 Samuel 30:10

because two hundred men were too exhausted to cross the brook. But David and four hundred men continued in pursuit.

1 Samuel 30:11

Now his men found an Egyptian in the field and brought him to David. They gave the man water to drink and food to eat—

1 Samuel 30:12

a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

1 Samuel 30:13

Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.

1 Samuel 30:14

We raided the Negev of the Cherethites, the territory of Judah, and the Negev of Caleb, and we burned down Ziklag.”

1 Samuel 30:15

“Will you lead me to these raiders?” David asked. And the man replied, “Swear to me by God that you will not kill me or deliver me into the hand of my master, and I will lead you to them.”

1 Samuel 30:16

So he led David down, and there were the Amalekites spread out over all the land, eating, drinking, and celebrating the great amount of plunder they had taken from the land of the Philistines and the land of Judah.

1 Samuel 30:17

And David struck them down from twilight until the evening of the next day. Not a man escaped, except four hundred young men who fled, riding off on camels.

1 Samuel 30:18

So David recovered everything the Amalekites had taken, including his two wives.

1 Samuel 30:19

Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

1 Samuel 30:20

And he recovered all the flocks and herds, which his men drove ahead of the other livestock, calling out, “This is David’s plunder!”

1 Samuel 30:21

When David came to the two hundred men who had been too exhausted to follow him from the Brook of Besor, they came out to meet him and the troops with him. As David approached the men, he greeted them,

1 Samuel 30:22

but all the wicked and worthless men among those who had gone with David said, “Because they did not go with us, we will not share with them the plunder we recovered, except for each man’s wife and children. They may take them and go.”

1 Samuel 30:23

But David said, “My brothers, you must not do this with what the LORD has given us. He has protected us and delivered into our hands the raiders who came against us.

1 Samuel 30:24

Who will listen to your proposal? The share of the one who went to battle will match the share of the one who stayed with the supplies. They will share alike.”

1 Samuel 30:25

And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

1 Samuel 30:26

When David arrived in Ziklag, he sent some of the plunder to his friends, the elders of Judah, saying, “Here is a gift for you from the plunder of the LORD’s enemies.”

1 Samuel 30:27

He sent gifts to those in Bethel, Ramoth Negev, and Jattir;

1 Samuel 30:28

to those in Aroer, Siphmoth, and Eshtemoa;

1 Samuel 30:29

to those in Racal and in the cities of the Jerahmeelites and Kenites;

1 Samuel 30:30

to those in Hormah, Bor-ashan, and Athach;

1 Samuel 30:31

and to those in Hebron and in all the places where David and his men had roamed.

Joshua 15:62

Nibshan, the City of Salt, and En-gedi—six cities, along with their villages.

2 Chronicles 20:2

Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).