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1Sa 15:7 — And Saul smote the Amalekites from Havilah [until] thou comest to Shur, that [is] over against Egypt.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

smote		1Sa 14:48; Job 21:30; Ecc 8:13
Havilah		This Havilah was probably situated in Arabia, and the district of Chaulon may mark the spot. It seems different from that encompassed by the river Pison, one of the rivers of Eden. Gen 2:11; Gen 25:18
Shur		1Sa 27:8; Gen 16:7

Correlating Passages

smote

	1Sa 14:48	And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
	Job 21:30	That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath.
	Ecc 8:13	But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong [his] days, [which are] as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.

Havilah

	Gen 2:11	The name of the first [is] Pison: that [is] it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where [there is] gold;
	Gen 25:18	And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that [is] before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: [and] he died in the presence of all his brethren.

Shur

	1Sa 27:8	And David and his men went up, and invaded the Geshurites, and the Gezrites, and the Amalekites: for those [nations were] of old the inhabitants of the land, as thou goest to Shur, even unto the land of Egypt.
	Gen 16:7	And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.

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Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 15:7," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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