1-samuel 15:7

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah until you come to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And Saul smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

And Saul made an attack on the Amalekites from Havilah on the road to Shur, which is before Egypt.

Webster's Revision

And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah, until thou comest to Shur, that is over against Egypt.

World English Bible

Saul struck the Amalekites, from Havilah as you go to Shur, that is before Egypt.

English Revised Version (ERV)

And Saul Smote the Amalekites, from Havilah as thou goest to Shur, that is before Egypt.

Clarke's 1-samuel 15:7 Bible Commentary

From Havilah - to Shur - From Pelusium in Egypt, unto the Red Sea. - Josephus. But Havilah lay eastward from the Red Sea; the Amalekites lay between this and the way to Egypt towards Shur.

Barnes's 1-samuel 15:7 Bible Commentary

The district here described would stretch from Havilah on the extreme east to Shur, either near Suez, or further north on the coast road from Gaza to Egypt.

Wesley's 1-samuel 15:7 Bible Commentary

15:7 To Shur - That is, from one end of their country to the other; he smote all that he met with: but a great number of them fled away upon the noise of his coming, and secured themselves in other places, 'till the storm was over.