Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
And he will seize Agag, king of Amalek, living, and be exterminated all the people with the mouth of the sword.
New American Standard Bible
He captured
King James Version
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Holman Bible
He captured Agag
International Standard Version
He captured alive Agag king of Amalek, but he completely destroyed all the people, executing them with swords.
A Conservative Version
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
American Standard Version
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Amplified
He captured Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, though he totally destroyed all [the rest of] the people with the sword.
Bible in Basic English
He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.
Darby Translation
And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
King James 2000
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the {edge} of the sword.
Modern King James verseion
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive. And he completely destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
NET Bible
He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword.
New Heart English Bible
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
The Emphasized Bible
And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive, - but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword.
Webster
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
World English Bible
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
Youngs Literal Translation
and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;
Themes
Agag » King of the amalekites » Killed » By samuel
Agency » In executing judgments
Amalekites, the » saul » Massacred
Covetousness » Instances of » Saul, in sparing, agag and the booty
Kings » Who reigned over all israel » saul
Repentance » Instances of » Saul, at the rebuke of samuel for not destroying the amalekites
Retaliation » Instances of » The israelites on the amalekites
Rulers' » Wicked » Instances of » Saul, sparing agag and the best of the booty
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Samuel 15:8
Verse Info
Context Readings
Israel Defeats The Amalekites
7 And Saul will strike Amalek from Havilah thy coming to Shur, which is upon the face of Egypt 8 And he will seize Agag, king of Amalek, living, and be exterminated all the people with the mouth of the sword. 9 And Saul and the people will have pity upon Agag, and upon the good of the sheep, and the oxen and the double, and upon the lambs and upon all the good, and they were not willing to exterminate them: and every work despised and wasting away, they exterminated it
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:1
And it will be in the going up of David to Ziklag, and his men, in the third day, and the Amalekites plundered to the south, and to Ziklag, and they will strike Ziklag and burn it with fire.
Numbers 24:7
He will shake out the water from his bucket, and his seed in many waters, and his king shall be lifted up above Agag, and his kingdom shall be raised up.
Esther 3:1
After these words the king Ahasuerus magnified Haman, son of Hammedatha the Agagite; and he will lift him up and set his seat above all the chiefs that were with him.
Joshua 10:39
And he will take it and its king, and all its cities, and they will smite them with the mouth of the sword, and exterminate every soul which is in it; none was left escaping: as he did to Hebron so he did to Debir and to her king, and as he did to Libnah and her king.
Joshua 11:12
And all the cities of these kings and all their kingdoms Joshua took, and he will smite them with the mouth of the sword, exterminating them, as Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded.
1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and strike Amalek, and exterminate all which is to him, and thou shalt not spare to him; and kill from man even to woman, from child even to suckling, from ox and even to sheep, from camel and even to ass.
1 Samuel 27:8-9
And David will go up, and his men, and will plunder against the Geshurites and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: and behold, the inhabitants of the land which were of old thy going to Shur, and even to the land of Egypt.
1 Kings 20:30
And the rest will flee to Aphek, to the city; and the wall will fall upon twenty and seven thousand men being left And Ben-hadad fled, and he will come to the city, to a chamber in a chamber.
1 Kings 20:34-42
And he will say to him, The cities which my father took from thy father, I will turn back; and thou shalt set streets for thee in Damascus, according as my father set in Shomeron. And I will send thee away with a covenant. And he will cut out to him a covenant and send him away.