Parallel Verses
NET Bible
He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with 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.
Julia Smith Translation
And he will seize Agag, king of Amalek, living, and be exterminated all the people with the mouth 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.
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 Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is next to Egypt. 8 He captured King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but he executed all Agag's people with the sword. 9 However, Saul and the army spared Agag, along with the best of the flock, the cattle, the fatlings, and the lambs, as well as everything else that was of value. They were not willing to slaughter them. But they did slaughter everything that was despised and worthless.
Cross References
1 Samuel 30:1
On the third day David and his men came to Ziklag. Now the Amalekites had raided the Negev and Ziklag. They attacked Ziklag and burned it.
Numbers 24:7
He will pour the water out of his buckets, and their descendants will be like abundant water; their king will be greater than Agag, and their kingdom will be exalted.
Esther 3:1
Some time later King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, exalting him and setting his position above that of all the officials who were with him.
Joshua 10:39
They captured it, its king, and all its surrounding cities and put the sword to them. They annihilated everyone who lived there; they left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king what they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.
Joshua 11:12
Joshua captured all these royal cities and all their kings and annihilated them with the sword, as Moses the Lord's servant had commanded.
1 Samuel 15:3
So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don't spare them. Put them to death -- man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.'"
1 Samuel 27:8-9
Then David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (They had been living in that land for a long time, from the approach to Shur as far as the land of Egypt.)
1 Kings 20:30
The remaining 27,000 ran to Aphek and went into the city, but the wall fell on them. Now Ben Hadad ran into the city and hid in an inner room.
1 Kings 20:34-42
Ben Hadad said, "I will return the cities my father took from your father. You may set up markets in Damascus, just as my father did in Samaria." Ahab then said, "I want to make a treaty with you before I dismiss you." So he made a treaty with him and then dismissed him.