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1 Samuel 14:48

And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

KJV

Congregatoque exercitu, percussit Amalec, et eruit Israël de manu vastatorum ejus.

Vulgate

καὶ ἐποίησεν δύναμιν αὐνανείν, καὶ ἐπάταξεντὸν Ἀμαλήκ, καὶ ἐξείλατο τὸν Ἰσραὴλ ἐκ χειρὸς τῶν καταπατούντων αὐτόν.

LXX

And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.

ASV

וַ/יַּ֣עַשׂ חַ֔יִל וַ/יַּ֖ךְ אֶת עֲמָלֵ֑ק וַ/יַּצֵּ֥ל אֶת יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִ/יַּ֥ד שֹׁסֵֽ/הוּ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
הוּ
hv
verb · 11×
וֹ
v
noun · 232×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
yshr'l
proper_noun · 2486×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
ם
m
verb · 499×
נִי
ny
verb · 211×
עֲמָלֵ֑ק
'mlq
proper_noun · 39×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 15:3 — 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.
  • 1Sam 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.
  • Deut 25:19 — Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt b
  • Deut 25:19 — Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt b
  • Exod 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.