1 Samuel 15:5
What does 1 Samuel 15:5 mean?
A plain-English look at 1 Samuel 15:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.
Context
v.4And Saul summoned the people, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
v.5This passage
v.6And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
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