1 Samuel 15:2 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:2

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.

BSB

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

KJV

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thus saith the Lord of hosts,.... Of the celestial host of angels, and of the army of Israel, yea, of all the armies of the earth: this is premised to engage the attention of Saul: I remember that which Amalek did to Israel; four hundred years ago: how he laid wait for him in the way when he came up from Egypt; in the valley of Rephidim, just before they came to Mount Sinai, and fell upon the rear of them, and smote the feeble, and faint, and weary, see Exo 17:8.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

I remember that which Amalek did - The Amalekites were a people of Arabia Petraea, who had occupied a tract of country on the frontiers of Egypt and Palestine. They had acted with great cruelty towards the Israelites on their coming out of Egypt. (See Exo 17:8 (note), and the notes there). They came upon them when they were faint and weary, and smote the hindermost of the people - those who were too weak to keep up with the rest. (See Deu 25:18).

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 686: “Obedience Better Than Sacrifice” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1866)

SAUL had been commanded to utterly slay all the Amalekites and their cattle. Instead of doing so he preserved the king and suffered his people to take the best of the oxen and of the sheep. When called to account for this he declared that he did it with a view of offering sacrifice to God—but Samuel met him at once with the assurance that such sacrifices were no excuse for an act of direct rebellion.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
פָּקַ֕דְתִּי	pa.Kad.ti	I have paid attention to	H6485 →
אֵ֛ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
עָשָׂ֥ה	'a.Sah	it did	H6213 →
עֲמָלֵ֖ק	'a.ma.Lek	Amalek	H6002 →
לְיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל	le.Yis.ra.'El	to Israel	H3478 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	[that] which	H834 →
שָׂ֥ם	sam	it set	H7760 →
לוֹ֙	lo	to <the> it
בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ	ba.De.rekh	on the way	H1870 →
בַּעֲלֹת֖וֹ	ba.'a.lo.To	when came up it	H5927 →
מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Amos 8:7
The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
leads to
- Amos 6:8
  The Lord GOD has sworn by Himself—the LORD, the God of Hosts, has declared: “I abhor Jacob’s pride and detest his citadels, so I will deliver up the city and everything in it.”
- Hosea 9:9
  They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.
- Hosea 8:13
  Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to…
- Hosea 7:2
  But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
Through
Hosea 7:2
But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
leads to
- Luke 12:2
  There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
- Jeremiah 2:19
  Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear…
- Amos 8:7
  The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
Through
Numbers 24:20
Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
leads to
- Exodus 17:14
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua, because I will utterly blot out the memory of Amalek from under heaven.”