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1 Samuel 15

1 Sam. 15:7 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Saul
Sha'uwl (Hebrew #7586)
asked; Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites
KJV usage: Saul, Shaul.
Pronounce: shaw-ool'
Origin: passive participle of 7592
smote
nakah (Hebrew #5221)
to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), X go forward, X indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, X surely, wound.
Pronounce: naw-kaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the Amalekites
`Amaleq (Hebrew #6002)
Amalek, a descendant of Esau; also his posterity and their country
KJV usage: Amalek.
Pronounce: am-aw-lake'
Origin: probably of foreign origin
from Havilah
Chaviylah (Hebrew #2341)
circular; Chavilah, the name of two or three eastern regions; also perhaps of two men
KJV usage: Havilah.
Pronounce: khav-ee-law'
Origin: probably from 2342
t until thou comest
bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
to Shur
Shuwr (Hebrew #7793)
Shur, a region of the Desert
KJV usage: Shur.
Pronounce: shoor
Origin: the same as 7791
u, that is over against
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
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Gen. 2:11• 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (Gen. 2:11)
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Gen. 25:18• 18And 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. (Gen. 25:18)
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Gen. 16:7• 7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. (Gen. 16:7)

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Amalek; Amalekites,
Egypt,
Havilah,
Saul,
Shur

Cross References

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smote.
1 Sam. 14:48• 48And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them. (1 Sam. 14:48)
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Job 21:30• 30That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. (Job 21:30)
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Eccl. 8:13• 13But 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. (Eccl. 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.
Gen. 2:11• 11The name of the first is Pison: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; (Gen. 2:11)
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Gen. 25:18• 18And 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. (Gen. 25:18)
Shur.
1 Sam. 27:8• 8And 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. (1 Sam. 27:8)
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Gen. 16:7• 7And the angel of the Lord found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur. (Gen. 16:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Saul smote Amalek from Havilah as thou comest to Shur, which is opposite to Egypt.