And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. Treasury of Scripture laid wait. or, fought
Context Saul's Disobedience
1Samuel also said to Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint you to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore listen you to the voice of the words of the LORD. 2Thus said the LORD of hosts, I remember that which Amalek did to Israel, how he laid wait for him in the way, when he came up from Egypt. 3Now 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. 4And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah. 5And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley. 6And Saul said to the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for you showed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites. 7And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt. 8And he took Agag the king of the Amalekites alive, and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword. 9But Saul and the people spared Agag, and the best of the sheep, and of the oxen, and of the fatted calves, and the lambs, and all that was good, and would not utterly destroy them: but every thing that was vile and refuse, that they destroyed utterly. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
And Saul came to the city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when Saul was come to the city of Amalec, he laid ambushes in the torrent.
Darby Bible Translation
And Saul came to the city of the Amalekites, and set an ambush in the valley.
King James Bible
And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
Young's Literal Translation
And Saul cometh in unto a city of Amalek, and layeth wait in a valley;
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