Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Samuel 15:8
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He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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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.
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 devote them to destruction, but they devoted to destruction all that was despised and worthless.
10 Then the word of the LORD came to Samuel, saying,
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