1-Samuel - 15:7

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7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Samuel 15:7.

Differing Translations

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And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
And Saul smote Amalec from Hevila, until thou comest to Sur, which is over against Egypt.
And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah, thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,
And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is in front of Egypt.
And Saul struck down Amalek, from Havilah even until you arrive at Shur, which is opposite the region of Egypt.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

The district here described would stretch from Havilah on the extreme east to Shur, either near Suez, or further north on the coast road from Gaza to Egypt.

From Havilah - to Shur - From Pelusium in Egypt, unto the Red Sea. - Josephus. But Havilah lay eastward from the Red Sea; the Amalekites lay between this and the way to Egypt towards Shur.

And Saul smote the Amalekites,.... Engaging in battle with them, he overcame them, and beat them, and slew great numbers of them:
from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt; having routed them in the valley, or in whatsoever place the battle was fought, he pursued them from one end of their country to the other; from Havilah, which lay to the northeast, to Shur, which lay to the southwest, and destroyed all that came in his way between those two points, see Genesis 25:18.

HE SPARES AGAG AND THE BEST OF THE SPOIL. (1-Samuel 15:7-9)
Saul smote the Amalekites--His own view of the proper and expedient course to follow was his rule, not the command of God.

To Shur - That is, from one end of their country to the other; he smote all that he met with: but a great number of them fled away upon the noise of his coming, and secured themselves in other places, 'till the storm was over.

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