1 Samuel 14:48
What does 1 Samuel 14:48 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 14:48 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And gathering together an army, he defeated Amalec, and delivered Israel from the hand of them that spoiled them.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of their spoilers.
Context
v.47Now when Saul had taken the kingdom over Israel, he fought against all his enemies on every side, against Moab, and against the children of Ammon, and against Edom, and against the kings of Zobah, and against the Philistines: and whithersoever he turned himself, he put them to the worse.
v.48This passage
v.49Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, and Ishvi, and Malchishua; and the names of his two daughters were these: the name of the first-born Merab, and the name of the younger Michal:
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:14
and Jehovah said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
- Deuteronomy 25:19
Therefore it shall be, when Jehovah thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget.
- 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.
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