1 Samuel 15 · Verse 5

1 Samuel 15:5

And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
1 Samuel 15:5, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:5 in other translations

BSBSaul came to the city of Amalek and lay in wait in the valley.
WEBSaul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.
ASVAnd Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
YLTAnd Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;
DARBYAnd Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.
BBEAnd Saul came to the town of Amalek, and took up his position in the valley secretly.
WebsterAnd Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

What does 1 Samuel 15:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. Saul came to a city of Amalek--probably their capital. laid wait in the valley--following the strategic policy of Joshua at Ai (Jos 8:4).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Saul came to a city of Amalek - I believe the original should be translated, and Saul came to the city Amalek; their capital being called by the name of their tribe.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 15:1-9

The sentence of condemnation against the Amalekites had gone forth long before, Ex 17:14; De 25:19, but they had been spared till they filled up the measure of their sins. We are sure that the righteous Lord does no injustice to any. The remembering the kindness of the ancestors of the Kenites, in favour to them, at the time God was punishing the injuries done by the ancestors of the Amalekites, tended to clear the…

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1 Samuel 15:5 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.

וַיָּבֹ֥אvai.ya.Vo'and he cameH935
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
עִ֣יר'ir[the] city ofH5892
עֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekAmalekH6002
וַיָּ֖רֶבvai.Ya.revand he lay in waitH693
בַּנָּֽחַל\׃ba.Na.chalin the wadiH5158

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
laid wait. or, fought.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 15:4

    And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.

  • 1 Samuel 15:5

    And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

  • 1 Samuel 15:6

    And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed 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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1 Samuel 15:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y viniendo Saúl á la ciudad de Amalec, puso emboscada en el valle.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül vint jusqu’à la ville d’Amalek, et il plaça une embuscade dans la vallée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul kam bis zu der Stadt der Amalekiter, und er legte einen Hinterhalt in das Tal.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Cumque venisset Saul usque ad civitatem Amalec, tetendit insidias in torrente.