1 Samuel 15:7
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.”
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“Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“And Saul smiteth Amalek from Havilah--thy going in to Shur, which <FI>is<Fi> on the front of Egypt,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Samuel 15:7 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 2:11The name of the first river is Pishon; it winds through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
- Genesis 16:7Now the angel of the LORD found Hagar by a spring of water in the desert—the spring along the road to Shur.
- Genesis 25:18Ishmael’s descendants settled from Havilah to Shur, which is near the border of Egypt as you go toward Asshur. And they lived in hostility toward all their brothers.
- Exodus 15:22Then Moses led Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the Desert of Shur. For three days they walked in the desert without finding water.
- 1 Samuel 14:48He fought valiantly and defeated the Amalekites, delivering Israel from the hands of its plunderers.
- 1 Samuel 27:8Now David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites. (From ancient times these people had inhabited the land extending to Shur and Egypt.)
- 1 Chronicles 1:23Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
- Job 21:30Indeed, the evil man is spared from the day of calamity, delivered from the day of wrath.
- Ecclesiastes 8:13Yet because the wicked do not fear God, it will not go well with them, and their days will not lengthen like a shadow.
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