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1 Samuel 15:2
ESV Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘I have noted what Amalek did to Israel in opposing them on the way when they came up out of Egypt.
NIV This is what the Lord Almighty says: ‘I will punish the Amalekites for what they did to Israel when they waylaid them as they came up from Egypt.
NASB This is what the Lord of armies says: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, in that he obstructed him on the way while he was coming up from Egypt.
CSB This is what the Lord of Armies says: ‘I witnessed what the Amalekites did to the Israelites when they opposed them along the way as they were coming out of Egypt.
NLT This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has declared: I have decided to settle accounts with the nation of Amalek for opposing Israel when they came from Egypt.
KJV Thus saith 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.
NKJV Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘I will punish Amalek for what he did to Israel, how he ambushed him on the way when he came up from Egypt.

What does 1 Samuel 15:2 mean?

Samuel, the prophet of Israel, begins to deliver his message from the Lord to Saul, king of Israel. The Lord does not forget His words of promise or of judgment. He remembers what the Amalekites did to Israel in opposing and attacking God's people on their way out of Egypt following the exodus. The Amalekites were a nomadic people that occupied the Negev region, the desert area south of Judah (Numbers 13:29). About four hundred years before Saul and Samuel, the exhausted masses of the Israelite people were in the wilderness. There, the Amalekites attacked them from behind, cutting off those who were trailing (Exodus 17:8–16). The Lord took this personally, saying that it showed the Amalekites did not fear Him, Israel's God (Deuteronomy 25:17–18).

Because of this, the Lord declared that when the time was right and Israel had rest from her enemies, they should utterly wipe out the evil nation of Amalek (Deuteronomy 25:19). Now, under the kingship of Saul, the Lord declares that time has come (1 Samuel 15:3).
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