1st Samuel Chapter 14 verse 48 Holy Bible
And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that despoiled them.
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And he did great things, and overcame the Amalekites, and made Israel safe from the hands of their attackers.
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And he did valiantly, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of their spoilers.
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And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of them that spoiled them.
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And he gathered a host, and smote the Amalekites, and delivered Israel from the hands of them that spoiled them.
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He did valiantly, and struck the Amalekites, and delivered Israel out of the hands of those who despoiled them.
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And he maketh a force, and smiteth Amalek, and delivereth Israel out of the hand of its spoiler.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 48. - He gathered a host. So the Syriac and Vulgate, but the margin is probably the true meaning, "He wrought mightily," or valiantly.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(48) Smote the Amalekites.--Out of the many wars the king waged, this war with Amalek is singled out, for in the new development of Hebrew power by which Saul's reign was marked this campaign or series of campaigns was especially prominent. This war is related with some detail in the next chapter, but it is there introduced on account of other considerations. The English translators in their rendering, "he gathered an host," have followed the Syriac and Vulg.; the marginal translation, "he wrought mightily," is the more accurate.
