1 Samuel 15 · Verse 18

1 Samuel 15:18

And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
1 Samuel 15:18, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:18 in other translations

BSBand sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
WEBand the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
ASVand Jehovah sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
YLTand Jehovah sendeth thee in the way, and saith, Go, and thou hast devoted the sinners, the Amalekite, and fought against them till they are consumed;
DARBYAnd Jehovah sent thee on a way and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
BBEAnd the Lord sent you on a journey and said, Go and put to the curse those sinners, the Amalekites, fighting against them till every one is dead.
WebsterAnd the LORD sent thee on a journey, and said, Go, and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.

What does 1 Samuel 15:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 15:13-23

13-23. Saul said unto him, Blessed be thou of the Lord: I have performed the commandment of the Lord--Saul was either blinded by a partial and delusive self-love, or he was, in his declaration to Samuel, acting the part of a bold and artful hypocrite. He professed to have fulfilled the divine command, and that the blame of any defects in the execution lay with the people. Samuel saw the real state of the case, and…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:10-23

Repentance in God is not a change of mind, as it is in us, but a change of method. The change was in Saul; "He is turned back from following me." Hereby he made God his enemy. Samuel spent a whole night in pleading for Saul. The rejection of sinners is the grief of believers: God delights not in their death, nor should we. Saul boasts to Samuel of his obedience. Thus sinners think, by justifying themselves, to…

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1 Samuel 15:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיִּשְׁלָחֲךָ֥vai.yish.la.cha.Khaand he sent youH7971
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּדָ֑רֶךְbe.Da.rekhon a journeyH1870
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לֵ֣ךְlekhgoH1980
וְהַחֲרַמְתָּ֞הve.ha.cha.ram.Tahand you will totally destroyH2763
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַֽחַטָּאִים֙ha.cha.ta.'Imthe sinnersH2400
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֲמָלֵ֔ק'a.ma.LekAmalekH6002
וְנִלְחַמְתָּ֣ve.nil.cham.Taand you will wage warH3898
ב֔וֹvoagainst <the> it
עַ֥ד'aduntilH5704
כַּלּוֹתָ֖םka.lo.Tamdestroy theyH3615
אֹתָֽם\׃'o.Tam<obj.> themH853

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:18

  • Genesis 15:16

    But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.

  • Job 31:3

    Is not destruction to the wicked? and a strange punishment to the workers of iniquity?

  • Genesis 13:13

    But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the Lord exceedingly.

  • Numbers 16:38

    The censers of these sinners against their own souls, let them make them broad plates for a covering of the altar: for they offered them before the Lord, therefore they are hallowed: and they shall be a sign unto the children of Israel.

  • Proverbs 10:29

    The way of the Lord is strength to the upright: but destruction shall be to the workers of iniquity.

  • Proverbs 13:21

    Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the sinners.
Ge 13:13; 15:16; Nu 16:38; Job 31:3; Pr 10:29; 13:21
they be consumed. Heb. they consume them.

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Context

  • 1 Samuel 15:17

    And Samuel said, When thou wast little in thine own sight, wast thou not made the head of the tribes of Israel, and the Lord anointed thee king over Israel?

  • 1 Samuel 15:18

    And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.

  • 1 Samuel 15:19

    Wherefore then didst thou not obey the voice of the Lord, but didst fly upon the spoil, and didst evil in the sight of the Lord?

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1 Samuel 15:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y envióte Jehová en jornada, y dijo: Ve, y destruye los pecadores de Amalec, y hazles guerra hasta que los acabes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel t’avait envoyé par un chemin, et t’avait dit: Va et détruis entièrement ces pécheurs, les Amalékites, et fais-leur la guerre jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient consumés.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova hat dich auf den Weg gesandt und gesagt: Ziehe hin und verbanne die Sünder, die Amalekiter, und streite wider sie, bis du sie vernichtest.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		et misit te Dominus in viam, et ait: Vade, et interfice peccatores Amalec, et pugnabis contra eos usque ad internecionem eorum?