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1Sa 14:48 — And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

gathered an host		or, wrought mightily.
smote		1Sa 15:3-7; Exd 17:14; Deu 25:19

Correlating Passages

smote

	1Sa 15:3	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.
	1Sa 15:4	And Saul gathered the people together, and numbered them in Telaim, two hundred thousand footmen, and ten thousand men of Judah.
	1Sa 15:5	And Saul came to a city of Amalek, and laid wait in the valley.
	1Sa 15:6	And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye shewed kindness to all the children of Israel, when they came up out of Egypt. So the Kenites departed from among the Amalekites.
	1Sa 15:7	And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.
	Exd 17:14	And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this [for] a memorial in a book, and rehearse [it] in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
	Deu 25:19	Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 14:48," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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