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1 Samuel 15:18
ESV And the Lord sent you on a mission and said, ‘Go, devote to destruction the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’
NIV And he sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and completely destroy those wicked people, the Amalekites; wage war against them until you have wiped them out.’
NASB And the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are eliminated.’
CSB and then sent you on a mission and said: ‘Go and completely destroy the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have annihilated them.’
NLT And the Lord sent you on a mission and told you, ‘Go and completely destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, until they are all dead.’
KJV And the Lord sent thee on a journey, and said, Go and utterly destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and fight against them until they be consumed.
NKJV Now the Lord sent you on a mission, and said, ‘Go, and utterly destroy the sinners, the Amalekites, and fight against them until they are consumed.’

What does 1 Samuel 15:18 mean?

Who has authority over Israel if not Saul, who is the king (1 Samuel 15:17)? Only the Lord holds more authority over Israel than Saul, and the Lord is the one who told Saul to entirely wipe out the Amalekites (1 Samuel 15:3). The command involved the Hebrew word hāram, which involved completely consuming a sacrifice. The same word is used here. Despite Saul's disobedience (1 Samuel 15:9), the Lord clearly communicated an order to kill every person and animal among these people God was sending Saul to judge (Deuteronomy 25:17–19). That was the mission, and Samuel knows Saul understood it.

God had anointed Saul king and God had given Saul a clear command. Saul had no excuse (1 Samuel 15:19).
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