1 Samuel 15:5 — Bible Verse (KJV)

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

1 Samuel 15:5 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

1 Samuel 15:5 in 6 Bible Translations

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1 Samuel 15:5 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“Saul came to the city of Amalek, and set an ambush in the valley.”

1 Samuel 15:5 — World English Bible

1 Samuel 15:5 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

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

1 Samuel 15:5 — American Standard Version

1 Samuel 15:5 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;”

1 Samuel 15:5 — Young's Literal Translation

1 Samuel 15:5 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley. ”

1 Samuel 15:5 — Darby Translation

1 Samuel 15:5 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And Saul came to a citie of Amalek, and set watch at the riuer.”

1 Samuel 15:5 — Geneva Bible

1 Samuel 15:5 in Context — 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.

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

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

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.

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

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What Does 1 Samuel 15:5 Mean?

1 Samuel 15:5 is a verse from the Book of 1 Samuel, part of the Old Testament. It appears in 1 Samuel chapter 15. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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