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1 Samuel 15:2 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. "

1 Samuel 15:2

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1 Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.

2 Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

3 Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.

4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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Related Verses

Deuteronomy 25:17-19

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"Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;"

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Numbers 24:20

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"And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations; but his latter end shall be that he perish for ever."

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Exodus 17:8-16

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"Then came Amalek, and fought with Israel in Rephidim."

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Psalms 137:7

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"Remember, O LORD, the children of Edom in the day of Jerusalem; who said, Rase it, rase it, even to the foundation"

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Exodus 20:5

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"Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate"

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Hosea 7:2

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"And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face."

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From This Chapter

1 Samuel 15:1

"Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD."

1 Samuel 15:3

"Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass."

1 Samuel 15:4

"And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah."

1 Samuel 15:5

"And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley."

1 Samuel 15:6

"And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites."

1 Samuel 15:7

"And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt."
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