God Commands Genocide – King Saul – The Brick Bible

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Samuel said to Saul, 'Here is what Yahweh Sabaoth says: I noted how the Amalekites opposed Israel when they were coming up from Egypt.'

1 of 8 1 Samuel 15:1–2

' So go now and attack the Amalekites. Put them under the curse of destruction. Kill the men, women, children, and babies, cattle, sheep, camels, and donkeys. Spare no one. '

2 of 8 1 Samuel 15:2–3

So Saul mustered 210,000 troops and advanced on the cities of the Amalekites.

3 of 8 1 Samuel 15:4–5

He carried out the curse of destruction, killing all the people with the sword.

4 of 8 1 Samuel 15:8

Saul struck down the Amalekites from Halvilah all the way to Shur, east of Egypt.

5 of 8 1 Samuel 15:7

But he took King Agag alive, and the army spared the best of the sheep and cattle.

6 of 8 1 Samuel 15:8–9

But everything that was vile and worthless, they put under the curse of destruction.

7 of 8 1 Samuel 15:9

Then Yahweh spoke to Samuel: 'I regret making Saul king because he betrayed me, and has not carried out my commands.' And Samuel was greatly distressed and cried to Yahweh all night long.

8 of 8 1 Samuel 15:10–11

Saul Rejected for Sparing Lives

Saul Rejected for Sparing Lives