1 Samuel 15:6
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Samuel 15:6 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Samuel 15:6 is a verse from the book of 1 Samuel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "And Saul said unto the Kenites, Go, depart, get you down from among the Amalekites, lest I destroy you with them: for ye..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Samuel 15:6 — KJV
“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.”
— 1 Samuel 15:6 (KJV)
1 Samuel 15:6 in Context — About the Book of 1 Samuel
1 Samuel traces Israel's shift from judges to kings through three lives: Samuel the prophet, Saul the rejected king, and David the shepherd anointed in secret. It is rich with prayer — Hannah's desperate plea for a child opens the book and becomes a template for praying through tears.
Cross-References for 1 Samuel 15:6
“And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 15:6: depart, children, israel
“And the son of an Israelitish woman, whose father was an Egyptian, went out among the children of Israel: and this son of the Israelitish woman and a man of Israel strove together in the camp;”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 15:6: get, among, children
“And they departed from Rameses in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the morrow after the passover the children of Israel went out with an high hand in the sight of all the Egyptians.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 15:6: depart, children, israel
“And the children of Benjamin came forth out of Gibeah, and destroyed down to the ground of the Israelites that day twenty and two thousand men.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 15:6: down, destroy, children
“And Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king, and had neither dressed his feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he came again in peace.”
Shares key themes with 1 Samuel 15:6: saul, depart, down
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