1 Samuel 15:18 meaning and explanation
and sent you on a mission, saying, ‘Go and devote to destruction the sinful Amalekites. Fight against them until you have wiped them out.’
1 Samuel 15:18, Berean Standard Bible
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Samuel is speaking to Saul, reminding him of the mission God gave through Samuel: to destroy the Amalekites completely because of their ambush of Israel on the way from Egypt. The Hebrew word here for “devote to destruction” is haram, meaning to set something apart for God by total destruction.
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