1 Samuel 15:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 15:6

And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

BSB

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ASV

And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for ye showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Said unto the Kenites - The Kenites were an ancient people. Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses, was a Kenite. Hobab his son (if the same person be not meant) was guide to the Hebrews through the wilderness. They had a portion of the promised land, near to the city Arad. See Jdg 1:16; and for more particulars concerning them and the Amalekites, see the notes on Num 26:20-21 (note).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When destroying judgments are abroad God will take care to separate between the precious and the vile, and to hide the meek of the earth in the day of his anger. It is dangerous being found in the company of God's enemies, and it is our duty and interest to come out from among them, lest we share in their sins and plagues, Rev. xviii.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Though now intermingled with the Amalekites, they were not implicated in the offenses of that wicked race; but for the sake of their ancestors, between whom and those of Israel there had been a league of amity, a timely warning was afforded them to remove from the scene of danger.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	vai.Yo.mer	and he said	H559 →
שָׁא֣וּל	sha.'Ul	Saul	H7586 →
אֶֽל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַקֵּינִ֡י	ha.kei.Ni	the Kenite[s]	H7017 →
לְכוּ֩	le.Khu	go	H1980 →
סֻּ֨רוּ	Su.ru	depart	H5493 →
רְד֜וּ	re.Du	go down	H3381 →
מִתּ֣וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
עֲמָלֵקִ֗י	'a.mal.Ki	[the] Amalekite[s]	H6003 →
פֶּן־	pen-	lest	H6435 →
אֹֽסִפְךָ֙	'o.sif.Kha	I should destroy you	H622 →
עִמּ֔וֹ	i.Mo	with it	H5973 →
וְאַתָּ֞ה	ve.'a.Tah	and you	H859 →
עָשִׂ֤יתָה	'a.Si.tah	you did	H6213 →
חֶ֙סֶד֙	che.sed	loyalty	H2617 →
עִם־	'im-	with	H5973 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[the] people of	H1121 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל	Yis.ra.'El	Israel	H3478 →
בַּעֲלוֹתָ֖ם	ba.'a.lo.Tam	when came up they	H5927 →
מִמִּצְרָ֑יִם	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
וַיָּ֥סַר	vai.Ya.sar	and it departed	H5493 →
קֵינִ֖י	kei.Ni	[the] Kenite[s]	H7017 →
מִתּ֥וֹךְ	mi.Tokh	from among	H8432 →
עֲמָלֵֽק׃	'a.ma.Lek	Amalek	H6002 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

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
Judges 1:16
Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…
leads to
- Numbers 10:29–32
  Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…
- Judges 4:11
  Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
- Numbers 21:1
  When the Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev, heard that Israel was coming along the road to Atharim, he attacked Israel and captured some prisoners.
- Deuteronomy 34:3
  the Negev, and the region from the Valley of Jericho (the City of Palms) all the way to Zoar.
Through
Exodus 18:19
Now listen to me; I will give you some advice, and may God be with you. You must be the people’s representative before God and bring their causes to Him.
leads to
- Numbers 27:5
  So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
Through
Judges 4:11
Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.
leads to
- Judges 1:16
  Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live…
- Joshua 19:33
  Their border started at Heleph and the great tree of Zaanannim, passing Adami-nekeb and Jabneel as far as Lakkum and ending at the Jordan.
- Numbers 10:29
  Then Moses said to Hobab, the son of Moses’ father-in-law Reuel the Midianite, “We are setting out for the place of which the LORD said: ‘I will give it to you.’ Come with us,…