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7 Saul defeated the Amalekites, from Havilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
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Then Saul attacked the Amalekites all the way from Havilah to Shur, near the eastern border of Egypt.
8 He took King Agag of the Amalekites alive, but utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
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He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.
9 Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep and of the cattle and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was valuable, and would not utterly destroy them; all that was despised and worthless they utterly destroyed.
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But Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and cattle, the fat calves and lambs—everything that was good. These they were unwilling to destroy completely, but everything that was despised and weak they totally destroyed.
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