1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.In other versions
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
ASV
And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
BBE
And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
DBY
Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
WEB
And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah -- thy going in to Shur, which `is' on the front of Egypt,
YLT
And Saul stroke the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is opposite to Egypt.
ENG
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
WBT
Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
BSB
In context
5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Saul