1 Samuel 15 · Verse 7

1 Samuel 15:7

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
1 Samuel 15:7, King James Version

1 Samuel 15:7 in other translations

BSBThen Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
WEBSaul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
ASVAnd Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.
YLTAnd Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah--thy going in to Shur, which is on the front of Egypt,
DARBYAnd Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.
BBEAnd Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.
WebsterAnd Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

What does 1 Samuel 15:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Samuel 15:7-9
7-9. Saul smote the Amalekites--His own view of the proper and expedient course to follow was his rule, not the command of God.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 From Havilah - to Shur - From Pelusium in Egypt, unto the Red Sea. - Josephus. But Havilah lay eastward from the Red Sea; the Amalekites lay between this and the way to Egypt towards Shur.

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 15:7 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.

וַיַּ֥ךְvai.Yakhand he attackedH5221
שָׁא֖וּלsha.'UlSaulH7586
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
עֲמָלֵ֑ק'a.ma.LekAmalekH6002
מֵֽחֲוִילָה֙me.cha.vi.Lahfrom HavilahH2341
בּוֹאֲךָ֣bo.'a.Khacoming youH935
שׁ֔וּרShurShurH7793
אֲשֶׁ֖ר'a.SherwhichH834
עַל\־'al-[is] onH5921
פְּנֵ֥יpe.Nei[the] face ofH6440
מִצְרָֽיִם\׃mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714

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

Cross references for 1 Samuel 15:7

  • Genesis 25:18

    And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.

  • Genesis 16:7

    And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

  • 1 Samuel 14:48

    And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

  • 1 Samuel 27:8

    And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those nations were of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.

  • Genesis 2:11

    The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;

  • Exodus 15:22

    So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.

  • Ecclesiastes 8:13

    But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

  • Job 21:30

    That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
smote.
14:48; Job 21:30; Ec 8:13
Havilah.This Havilah was probably situated in Arabia, and the district of Chaulon may mark the spot. It seems different from that encompassed by the river Pison, one of the rivers of Eden.
Ge 2:11; 25:18
Shur.
27:8; Ge 16:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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.

  • 1 Samuel 15:7

    And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

  • 1 Samuel 15:8

    And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

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1 Samuel 15:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Saúl hirió á Amalec, desde Havila hasta llegar á Shur, que está á la frontera de Egipto.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Saül frappa Amalek depuis Havila en allant vers Shur, qui est en face de l’Égypte.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Saul schlug die Amalekiter von Hawila an bis nach Sur hin, das vor Ägypten liegt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Percussitque Saul Amalec ab Hevila donec venias ad Sur, quæ est e regione Ægypti.