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1 Samuel 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.

KJV

Nunc ergo vade, et percute Amalec, et demolire universa ejus : non parcas ei, et non concupiscas ex rebus ipsius aliquid, sed interfice a viro usque ad mulierem, et parvulum atque lactentem, bovem et ovem, camelum et asinum.

Vulgate

καὶ νῦν πορεύου καὶ πατάξεις τὸν Ἀμαλὴκ καὶ Ἰερεὶμ καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ περιποιήσῃ ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσεις αὐτόν· καὶ ἀναθεματιεῖς αὐτὸν καὶ πάντα τὰ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οὐ φείσῃ ἀπ’ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀποκτενεῖς ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς καὶ ἕως γυναικὸς καὶ ἀπὸ νηπίου ἕως θηλάζοντος, καὶ ἀπὸ μόσχου ἕως προβάτου καὶ ἀπὸ καμήλου ἕως ὄνου.

LXX

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.

ASV

עַתָּה֩ לֵ֨ךְ וְ/הִכִּֽיתָ֜ה אֶת עֲמָלֵ֗ק וְ/הַֽחֲרַמְתֶּם֙ אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר ל֔/וֹ וְ/לֹ֥א תַחְמֹ֖ל עָלָ֑י/ו וְ/הֵמַתָּ֞ה מֵ/אִ֣ישׁ עַד אִשָּׁ֗ה מֵֽ/עֹלֵל֙ וְ/עַד יוֹנֵ֔ק מִ/שּׁ֣וֹר וְ/עַד שֶׂ֔ה מִ/גָּמָ֖ל וְ/עַד חֲמֽוֹר

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

21 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אֶחְמ֑וֹל
'chmvl
verb · 41×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
גְּמַלִּ֔ים
gmlym
noun · 53×
הָ
h
noun · 20×
הוּ
hv
verb · 834×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
חֲמ֔וֹר
chmvr
noun · 95×
יֵּ֥לֶךְ
ylk
verb · 1038×
יוֹנֵ֖ק
yvnq
verb · 32×
כָּל
kl
noun · 5376×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
ם
m
verb · 52×
ם
m
verb · 499×
עֲמָלֵ֑ק
'mlq
proper_noun · 39×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עַתָּ֗ה
'th
adverb · 433×
שׁ֥וֹר
shvr
noun · 77×
שֶׂ֖ה
shh
noun · 45×

Historic Christian voices

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

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 14:48 — And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
  • 1Sam 15:9 — 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
  • 1Sam 15:11 — It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king: for he is turned back from following me, and hath not performed my commandments. And it grieved Samuel; and he cried unto the LORD all night.
  • 1Sam 22:19 — And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 1Sam 22:19 — And Nob, the city of the priests, smote he with the edge of the sword, both men and women, children and sucklings, and oxen, and asses, and sheep, with the edge of the sword.
  • 1Sam 27:9 — And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel, and returned, and came to Achish.
  • 2Sam 1:8 — And he said unto me, Who art thou? And I answered him, I am an Amalekite.
  • Deut 2:34 — And we took all his cities at that time, and utterly destroyed the men, and the women, and the little ones, of every city, we left none to remain:
  • Deut 20:16 — But of the cities of these people, which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance, thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
  • Esth 3:13 — And the letters were sent by posts into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even upon the thirte
  • Isa 14:21 — Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
  • Jer 44:7 — Therefore now thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; Wherefore commit ye this great evil against your souls, to cut off from you man and woman, child and suckling, out of Judah, to
  • Jer 48:10 — Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD deceitfully, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
  • Jer 51:22 — With thee also will I break in pieces man and woman; and with thee will I break in pieces old and young; and with thee will I break in pieces the young man and the maid;
  • Josh 6:17 — And the city shall be accursed, even it, and all that are therein, to the LORD: only Rahab the harlot shall live, she and all that are with her in the house, because she hid the messengers that we sen
  • Lev 27:28 — Notwithstanding no devoted thing, that a man shall devote unto the LORD of all that he hath, both of man and beast, and of the field of his possession, shall be sold or redeemed: every devoted thing i
  • Num 24:20 — 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 for ever.
  • Num 31:15 — And Moses said unto them, Have ye saved all the women alive?
  • Num 31:17 — Now therefore kill every male among the little ones, and kill every woman that hath known man by lying with him.
  • Rev 16:1 — And I heard a great voice out of the temple saying to the seven angels, Go your ways, and pour out the vials of the wrath of God upon the earth.