1 Samuel 15:2

KJV1611 – Modern English

Thus says the LORD of hosts, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him on the way, when he came up from Egypt.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    This is what the LORD of Hosts says: 'I will punish Amalek for what they did to Israel, how they ambushed them on their way up from Egypt.'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus saith{H559} Jehovah{H3068} of hosts,{H6635} I have marked{H6485} that which Amalek{H6002} did{H6213} to Israel,{H3478} how he set{H7760} himself against him in the way,{H1870} when he came up{H5927} out of Egypt.{H4714}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} of hosts{H6635}, I remember{H6485}{(H8804)} that which Amalek{H6002} did{H6213}{(H8804)} to Israel{H3478}, how he laid{H7760}{(H8804)} wait for him in the way{H1870}, when he came up{H5927}{(H8800)} from Egypt{H4714}.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Thus sayeth ye LORDE Zebaoth: I haue remembred what Amaleck dyd vnto Israel, & how he layed wayte for him in ye waye, whan he wente out of Egipte:

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Thus saith the Lorde of hostes, I remember what Amalek did to Israel, howe they laide waite for the in ye way, as they came vp fro Egypt.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes: I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how they layed waite for them in the waye as they came vp from Egypt.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I remember [that] which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid [wait] for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Thus said Jehovah of Hosts, I have looked after that which Amalek did to Israel, that which he laid for him in the way in his going up out of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The Lord of armies says, I will give punishment to Amalek for what he did to Israel, fighting against him on the way when Israel came out of Egypt.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Thus says Yahweh of Armies, 'I have marked that which Amalek did to Israel, how he set himself against him in the way, when he came up out of Egypt.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Here is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has said:‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed Israel along the way when Israel came up from Egypt.

Referenced Verses

  • Num 24:20 : 20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.
  • Deut 25:17-19 : 17 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt; 18 How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God. 19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.
  • Exod 17:8-9 : 8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim. 9 And Moses said to Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand. 10 So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 And it happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed. 12 But Moses' hands were heavy; and they took a stone, and put it under him, and he sat on it; and Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side, and the other on the other side; and his hands were steady until the going down of the sun. 13 And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword. 14 And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven. 15 And Moses built an altar, and called the name of it The LORD is my banner: 16 For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.
  • Jer 31:34 : 34 And they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the LORD: for I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.
  • Hos 7:2 : 2 And they do not consider in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own actions have surrounded them; they are before my face.
  • Amos 8:7 : 7 The LORD has sworn by the pride of Jacob, Surely I will never forget any of their deeds.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 25:17-19
    3 verses
    88%

    17 Remember what Amalek did to you on the way, when you came forth out of Egypt;

    18 How he met you on the way and attacked your rear, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he did not fear God.

    19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD your God has given you rest from all your enemies all around, in the land which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance to possess, that you shall blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; you shall not forget it.

  • 1 Sam 15:18-21
    4 verses
    83%

    18 And the LORD sent you on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.

    19 Why then did you not obey the voice of the LORD, but flew upon the spoil, and did evil in the sight of the LORD?

    20 And Saul said to Samuel, Yes, I have obeyed the voice of the LORD, and have gone the way which the LORD sent me, and have brought Agag the king of Amalek, and have utterly destroyed the Amalekites.

    21 But the people took of the spoil, sheep and oxen, the chief of the things which should have been utterly destroyed, to sacrifice to the LORD your God in Gilgal.

  • 1 Sam 15:3-10
    8 verses
    83%

    3 Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing child, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.

    4 And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand foot soldiers, and ten thousand men of Judah.

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

    6 And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get 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 And Saul struck the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, which is opposite 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 were not willing to utterly destroy them: but everything that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly.

    10 Then came the word of the LORD to Samuel, saying,

  • Exod 17:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    13 And Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

    14 And the LORD said to Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

  • 1 Sam 15:14-16
    3 verses
    80%

    14 And Samuel said, What then is this bleating of the sheep in my ears, and the lowing of the oxen which I hear?

    15 And Saul said, They have brought them from the Amalekites: for the people spared the best of the sheep and of the oxen, to sacrifice to the LORD your God; and the rest we have utterly destroyed.

    16 Then Samuel said to Saul, Stay, and I will tell you what the LORD said to me this night. And he said to him, Speak on.

  • Exod 17:8
    79%

    8 Then Amalek came and fought with Israel in Rephidim.

  • 1 Sam 14:48
    79%

    48 He gathered an army, struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from those who plundered them.

  • Exod 17:16
    79%

    16 For he said, Because the LORD has sworn that the LORD will have war with Amalek from generation to generation.

  • 1 Sam 28:18
    78%

    18 Because you did not obey the voice of the LORD, nor execute his fierce wrath upon Amalek, therefore the LORD has done this thing to you today.

  • Num 24:20
    77%

    20 And when he looked on Amalek, he took up his parable, and said, Amalek was the first of the nations, but his latter end shall be that he perish forever.

  • 1 Chr 4:43
    76%

    43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped, and dwelt there to this day.

  • 1 Sam 15:1
    75%

    1 Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over His people, over Israel: now therefore listen to the voice of the words of the LORD.

  • Num 14:43
    74%

    43 For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and you shall fall by the sword: because you have turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.

  • 2 Sam 1:8-9
    2 verses
    74%

    8 And he said to me, Who are you? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.

    9 He said to me again, Stand, please, upon me, and kill me: for anguish has come upon me, because my life is still in me.

  • Num 14:45
    73%

    45 Then the Amalekites came down, and the Canaanites who dwelt in that hill, and struck them, and beat them down, even to Hormah.

  • Gen 14:7
    73%

    7 And they returned and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and struck all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelled in Hazezontamar.

  • 1 Sam 15:32-33
    2 verses
    73%

    32 Then said Samuel, Bring here to me Agag the king of the Amalekites. And Agag came to him delicately, and Agag said, Surely the bitterness of death is past.

    33 And Samuel said, As your sword has made women childless, so shall your mother be childless among women. And Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the LORD in Gilgal.

  • Judg 6:3
    73%

    3 And so it was, when Israel had sown, that the Midianites came up, and the Amalekites, and the children of the east, even they came up against them;

  • 2 Sam 1:13
    72%

    13 And David said to the young man who told him, Where are you from? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

  • Num 14:25-26
    2 verses
    71%

    25 (Now the Amalekites and the Canaanites dwelt in the valley.) Tomorrow turn you, and get into the wilderness by the way of the Red Sea.

    26 And the LORD spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

  • Exod 17:11
    70%

    11 And it happened, when Moses held up his hand, that Israel prevailed: and when he let down his hand, Amalek prevailed.

  • 1 Sam 9:15
    70%

    15 Now the LORD had told Samuel in his ear a day before Saul came, saying,

  • 1 Sam 30:1
    70%

    1 And it came to pass, when David and his men came to Ziklag on the third day, that the Amalekites had invaded the south, and Ziklag, and struck Ziklag, and burned it with fire;

  • 1 Sam 27:8
    70%

    8 And David and his men went up and invaded the Geshurites, the Girzites, and the Amalekites, for those nations were the inhabitants of the land from long ago, as you go to Shur, even to the land of Egypt.

  • Jer 15:1
    70%

    1 Then the LORD said to me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.

  • 1 Sam 30:13
    70%

    13 And David said to him, To whom do you belong? and where are you from? And he said, I am a young man of Egypt, servant to an Amalekite; and my master left me, because three days ago I fell sick.

  • Amos 2:10
    70%

    10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

  • 1 Sam 15:12
    69%

    12 And when Samuel rose early to meet Saul in the morning, it was told Samuel, saying, Saul came to Carmel, and behold, he set up a place for himself, and has gone about, and passed on, and gone down to Gilgal.