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I Samuel 15:Verse 8

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

1 Samuel 30:11 Samuel 30:1Numbers 24:7Esther 3:1Numbers 24:7
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What Does I Samuel 15:8 Mean?

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"The devastating narrative pivots, revealing the specific, agonizing point of significant theological failure. The holy ban (charam) dictated by Samuel..."

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King James VersionPrimary
KJV

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

American Standard Version
ASV

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

American King James Version
AKJV

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

KJV with Apocrypha
KJVA

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

Bible in Basic English
BBE

He took Agag, king of the Amalekites, prisoner, and put all the people to the sword without mercy.

Young's Literal Translation
YLT

and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;

New Heart English Bible
NHEB

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

NHEB Messianic Edition
NHEBME

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

NHEB Jehovah Edition
NHEBJE

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

Darby Translation
Darby

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

Webster Bible
Webster

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

Geneva Bible 1599
Geneva1599

And tooke Agag the King of the Amalekites aliue, and destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

Douay-Rheims
DRC

And he took Agag, the king of Amalec, alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.

Rotherham Bible
Rotherham

And he took Agag, king of Amalek, alive,—but, all the people, devoted he to destruction at the edge of the sword.

Literal Translation
LITV

And he captured Agag the king of Amalek alive. But he exterminated all the people with the mouth of the sword.

Modern King James
MKJV

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

Updated King James
UKJV

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

Lexham English Bible
LEB

He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the ⌞edge⌟ of the sword.

Jewish Publication Society
JPS

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

Catholic Public Domain
CPDV

And he apprehended Agag, the king of Amalek, alive. But all the common people he put to death with the edge of the sword.

Berean Study Bible
BSB

He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.

Revised Webster
RWebster

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

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Wycliffe

And he took Agag quyke, the kyng of Amalech; sotheli he killide bi the scharpnesse of swerd alle the comyn puple.

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