8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.


In Context

5 And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.

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 Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:8He took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and all his people he totally destroyed with the sword.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of Amalec alive: but all the common people he slew with the edge of the sword.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of Amalek alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8He took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:8and he catcheth Agag king of Amalek alive, and all the people he hath devoted by the mouth of the sword;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.