Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:8

8 Shēng qín le Yàmǎlì wáng Yàjiǎ , yòng dāo shā jǐn Yàmǎlì de zhòng mín .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:8

And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive
This name seems to be a common name of the kings of these people, as Pharaoh was of the Egyptians, see ( Numbers 24:2 ) . When this king fell into the hands of Saul, he did not put him to death, as he should have done, but preserved him; for what reasons, see in the following verse:

and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword;
that is, all that came in his way, or fell into his hands; all between Havilah and Shur; all excepting those that made their escape, for we after read of Amalekites, and that in large bodies, ( 1 Samuel 27:8 ) ( 30:1 ) .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 15:8 In-Context

6 Sǎoluó duì Jīnírén shuō , nǐmen líkāi Yàmǎlì rén xià qù ba , kǒngpà wǒ jiāng nǐmen hé Yàmǎlì rén yītóng shā miè . yīnwei Yǐsèliè rén chū Āijí de shíhou , nǐmen céng ēn dāi tāmen . yúshì Jīnírén líkāi Yàmǎlì rén qù le .

7 Sǎoluó jī dá Yàmǎlì rén , cóng Hāféilā zhídào Āijí qián de Shūĕr ,

8 Shēng qín le Yàmǎlì wáng Yàjiǎ , yòng dāo shā jǐn Yàmǎlì de zhòng mín .

9 Sǎoluó hé bǎixìng què lián xī Yàjiǎ , yĕ aìxī shàng hǎo de niú , yáng , niúdú , yánggāo , bìng yīqiè mĕi wù , bù kĕn mièjué . fán xià jiàn shòuruò de , jǐn dōu shā le .

10 Yēhéhuá de huà líndào Sǎmǔĕr shuō ,