1 Samuel 15:7

7 Then Saul defeated [the] Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which [is] {east of} Egypt.

1 Samuel 15:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 15:7

And Saul smote the Amalekites
Engaging in battle with them, he overcame them, and beat them, and slew great numbers of them:

from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt;
having routed them in the valley, or in whatsoever place the battle was fought, he pursued them from one end of their country to the other; from Havilah, which lay to the northeast, to Shur, which lay to the southwest, and destroyed all that came in his way between those two points, see ( Genesis 25:18 ) .

1 Samuel 15:7 In-Context

5 Then Saul came up to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.

6 Saul said to the Kenites, "Go, leave! Withdraw from among the Amalekites so that I do not destroy you with them. You have shown loyal love to all the {Israelites} when they came up from Egypt." So the Kenites left from among [the] Amalekites.

7 Then Saul defeated [the] Amalekites from Havilah as one goes to Shur which [is] {east of} Egypt.

8 He captured Agag the king of Amalek alive, but all the people he utterly destroyed with the {edge} of the sword.

9 However, Saul and the army spared Agag and the best of the sheep and the cattle and the second [best] of the young fatlings and {all that was valuable}; they were not willing to utterly destroy them. But all the possessions that were despised or worthless, they utterly destroyed.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "upon the face of"