1 Samuel 15:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 15:2 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 17:8After this, the Amalekites came and attacked the Israelites at Rephidim.
- Exodus 17:14Then 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.”
- Numbers 24:20Then Balaam saw Amalek and lifted up an oracle, saying: “Amalek was first among the nations, but his end is destruction.”
- Deuteronomy 25:17Remember what the Amalekites did to you along your way from Egypt,
- Jeremiah 31:34No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Hosea 7:2But 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.
- Amos 8:7The LORD has sworn by the Pride of Jacob: “I will never forget any of their deeds.
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