1 Samuel 15:8
World English Bible (WEB)
He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.
In context
6 Saul said to the Kenites, “Go, depart, go down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them; for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
7 Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, which is before Egypt.
8 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, of the cattle, of the fat calves, of the lambs, and all that was good, and were not willing to utterly destroy them; but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.
10 Then the LORD’s word came to Samuel, saying,
1 Samuel 15:8 in every translation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.