1 Samuel 15:8
King James Version (KJV)
And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
In context
6 And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
8 And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
9 But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatlings, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then came the word of the LORD unto Samuel, saying,
1 Samuel 15:8 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
- WEB World English Bible
- He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He captured Agag king of Amalek alive, but devoted all the others to destruction with the sword.
- ASV American Standard Version
- And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;
- DBY Darby Translation
- And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
- WBS Webster Bible
- And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.