King James Version
1 Samuel 15:2 in the King James Version says “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 c...” — study this verse from 1 Samuel chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
1 Samuel 15:2 · KJV
Samuel also said unto Saul, The LORD sent me to anoint thee to be king over his people, over Israel: now therefore hearken thou unto the voice of the words of the LORD.
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.
Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.
And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, like this, i.e., by implication, (of manner) thus (or so); also (of place) here (or hither); or (of time) now
“of hosts”
H6635a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci
“I remember”
H6485to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that which Amalek”
H6002amalek, a descendant of esau; also his posterity and their country
“to Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“how he laid”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
“wait for him in the way”
H1870a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
“when he came up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
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