Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.
Parallel translations
- KJV And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
- BSB Then Saul struck down the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- NKJV And Saul attacked the Amalekites, from Havilah all the way to Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- NASB Then Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah going toward Shur, which is east of Egypt.
- NLT Then Saul slaughtered the Amalekites from Havilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.
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Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Sam 14:48He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who plundered them.
- Gen 16:7Yahweh’s angel found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain on the way to Shur.
- Gen 25:18They lived from Havilah to Shur that is before Egypt, as you go toward Assyria. He lived opposite all his relatives.
- 1 Sam 27:8David and his men went up and raided the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites; for those were the inhabitants of the land, who were of old, on the way to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.
- Gen 2:11The name of the first is Pishon: it flows through the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold;
- Exod 15:22Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.
- Job 21:30that the evil man is reserved to the day of calamity, That they are led out to the day of wrath?
- Eccl 8:13But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he lengthen days like a shadow; because he doesn’t fear God.
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