Discovery Box1 Samuel 15:1-4 
Context15:1 Then Samuel said to Saul, “I was the one the Lord sent to anoint you as king over his people Israel. Now listen to what the Lord says. 1 15:2 Here is what the Lord of hosts says: ‘I carefully observed how the Amalekites opposed 2 Israel along the way when Israel 3 came up from Egypt. 15:3 So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don’t spare 4 them. Put them to death – man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.’”
15:4 So Saul assembled 5 the army 6 and mustered them at Telaim. There were 200,000 foot soldiers and 10,000 men of Judah.
1 tn Heb “to the voice of the words of the
2 tn Heb “what Amalek did to Israel, how he placed against him.”
3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
4 tn Or perhaps “don’t take pity on” (cf. CEV).
5 tn Heb “caused the people to hear.”
6 tn Heb “people.”
