1 Samuel 15:8
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.In other versions
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
ASV
He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
BBE
And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
DBY
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
WEB
and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;
YLT
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
ENG
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
WBT
He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
BSB
In context
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.
10Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
Cross-references
People in this verse
- Agag