1 Samuel 15:3
Now go and attack the Amalekites and devote to destruction all that belongs to them. Do not spare them, but put to death men and women, children and infants, oxen and sheep, camels and donkeys.’”
Note Forms of the Hebrew cherem refer to the giving over of things or persons to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering; also in verses 8, 9, 15, 18, 20, and 21.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Now go and strike Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and don’t spare them; but kill both man and woman, infant and nursing baby, ox and sheep, camel and donkey.’”
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- utterly destroy
- Leviticus 27:28, 29; Numbers 24:20; Deuteronomy 13:15, 16; Deuteronomy 20:16–18; Joshua 6:17–21
- slay
- Exodus 20:5; Numbers 31:17; Isaiah 14:21, 22
- ox and sheep
- Genesis 3:17, 18; Romans 8:20–22