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4 So 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 Then Saul said to athe Kenites, b“Go, depart, get down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them. For cyou showed kindness to all the children of Israel when they came up out of Egypt.” So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.  
7 aAnd Saul attacked the Amalekites, from bHavilah all the way to cShur, which is east of Egypt.  
8 aHe also took Agag king of the Amalekites alive, and butterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword.  
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John Wesley's Notes
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1 Samuel 15:6

Kenites - A people descending from, or nearly related to Jethro, who anciently dwelt in rocks near the Amalekites, Numbers 24:21, and afterwards some of them dwelt in Judah, Judges 1:16, whence it is probable they removed, (which, dwelling in tents, they could easily do) and retired to their old habitation, because of the wars and troubles wherewith Judah was annoyed. Shewed kindness - Some of your progenitors did so, and for their sakes all of you shall fare the better. You were not guilty of that sin for which Amalek is now to be destroyed. When destroying judgments are abroad God takes care to separate the precious from the vile. It is then especially dangerous to be found in the company of God's enemies. The Jews have a saying, Wo to a wicked man, and to his neighbour.




Other John Wesley's Notes entries containing 1 Samuel 15:6:

Exodus 18:27
Judges 1:16
1 Samuel 27:8

 

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