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1 Samuel 15:5

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15:5Saul proceeded to the city7 of Amalek, where he set an ambush8 in the wadi.9

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Footnotes

  1. 7 The has the plural here, “cities.”
  2. 8 The translation follows the and which assume a reading וַיָּאָרֶב (vayya’arev, “and he set an ambush,” from the root ארב [’rv] with quiescence of alef) rather than the , which has וַיָּרֶב (vayyareb, “and he contended,” from the root ריב [ryv]).
  3. 9 That is, “the dry stream bed.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Saul went to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the ravine.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Saul came to the city of Amalek and set up an ambush in the wadi.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then Saul and his army went to a town of the Amalekites and lay in wait in the valley.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Then Saul came up to the city of Amalek and set an ambush in the wadi.

KJV 1900King James Version

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